BROOKLYN, NY.,
\bɹˈʊklɪn], \bɹˈʊklɪn], \b_ɹ_ˈʊ_k_l_ɪ_n]\
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was settled in 1636 by a few Walloon colonists. English and Dutch settlers followed and in 1667 a charter was granted the town. In 1776 the site of the present town was the scene of the battle of Long Island. In 1834 Brooklyn became a chartered city. The population of Brooklyn was in 1800, 3298; 1830, 15,292; 1850, 96,850; 1860, 266,661; 1876, 500,000; 1890, 806,343.
By John Franklin Jameson
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