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Term: Flushing

Located at head of Flushing Bay; was named by early settlers for Vlissingen, Holland; later became center of Quakerism in New Netherlands; effort to suppress the faith by governor led to Flushing Remonstrance.

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Flushing, New York, 1878 - 1939, Franconia, New Hampshire
Providence, Rhode Island, 1828 - 1896, Flushing, New York