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English
Proper noun
Williamsburgh
- Obsolete form of Williamsburg.
1839, Benjamin F Thompson, History of Long Island; Containing an Account of the Discovery and Settlement; with Other Important and Interesting Matters to the Present Time, New York, N.Y.: E. French, , page 418:The village of Newtown is conveniently located upon the turnpike-road leading from Brooklyn and Williamsburgh to Flushing.
1847, [Samuel Irenæus Prime], Life in New York, New York, N.Y.: Robert Carter, , page 189:But since my visit to this establishment, I have learned that there are in the city and all around it, in Williamsburgh, Brooklyn, and other places, similar establishments, in full blast, so that there is probably more of this poisonous fluid sold for milk in the city of New York this moment, than there ever was before.
1867, Henry R[eed] Stiles, A History of the City of Brooklyn. Including the Old Town and Village of Brooklyn, the Town of Bushwick, and the Village and City of Williamsburgh., volume I, Brooklyn, N.Y.: y subscription, page 88:This tract of land extended from the Creek of Runnegaconck to the present Division avenue, which formerly marked the boundary between the cities of Williamsburgh and Brooklyn.