Robert Harpur (1731 - 1825) was a colonial teacher, politician, pioneer, and landowner who settled in the Binghamton, New York area. Year 1731 ( MDCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Binghamton, known as The Parlor City is a City located in the Southern Tier of New York in the United States. Harpursville, New York in Eastern Broome County, NY was named after him. Colesville is a Town in Broome County, New York, United States. Broome County is a County located in the US state of New York. Additionally, Harpur College, now Binghamton University was also named for him. The State University of New York at Binghamton (SUNY Binghamton or Binghamton University is one of the four university centers in New York State’s system of The State University of New York at Binghamton (SUNY Binghamton or Binghamton University is one of the four university centers in New York State’s system of
Robert Harpur was born in Ireland and came to the colonies in 1761 via Scotland. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. He was a teacher at Columbia University (known then as Kings College) and served in various capacities in the Colonial government during the American Revolution. Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots"
He was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1777 to 1784. The New York State Assembly is the Lower house of the New York Legislature, the state legislature of the U
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Classical names used in New York
While Harpur worked for the New York survey as a clerk, he has been credited with assigning the numerous classical names to locations in the Central New York Military Tract, now in Cayuga County. Classical antiquity (also the classical era or classical period) is a broad term for a long period of cultural History centered on the Mediterranean The Military Tract of Central New York, also called the New Military Tract, consisted of nearly two million Acres (8000 km² of Bounty Cayuga County is a County located in the US state of New York. Cortland County, Onondaga County, and Seneca County. Cortland County is a County located in the US state of New York, named after Pierre Van Cortlandt, president of the convention at Kingston Onondaga County is a County located in the US state of New York. Seneca County is a County located in the US state of New York. In some cases, it is not entirely clear to which classical person, the name was referring.
The chief of the survey, Simeon DeWitt, has also been credited with the assignment of these classical names. Simeon De Witt (1756 Wawarsing, Ulster County New York - December 3, 1834 Ithaca New York, Tompkins County New York)
See also
References
- Herbert, Anne T. Colesville is a Town in Broome County, New York, United States. , 2003, Robert Harpur's New York, Broome County Historical Society.
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