EASTON. 604 EAST PROVIDENCE. Baltimore; on the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore, and the Baltinioie. Chesapeake and Atlantic railroads (Map: .lar_vland, N G). It is the seat of a bishop of the I'rolestant Episcopal Church. The industrial cslahlishiiicnls include foundries and machinesliops. Hour and lumber mills, fertilizer-works, canning factories, car- riage and wagon works, a furniture-factory, shirt-factorv. etc. Population, in 1890. 2939; in I'JOO, 3074. EASTON. A town, including several villages, in iirislol County, Mass.. 24 miles south of Bos- ton, on the New ork, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (Map: .Massailuisetts, E 3). It has a public library. There are extensive manufac- tures of .shovels, foundry and machine-sliop products, hardward specialties, carriage-springs, shoes and shoe-heels, wire goods, automobiles, etc. Population, in 1890, 4493; in 1900, 4837, EASTON. A city and county-seat of North- ani])t<)n County, Pa,, at the junction of the Dela- ware and Lehigh rivers, 05 miles north of Phila- delphia, and 75 miles from New York (Map: Pennsylvania, F 3). It is on the Pennsylvania, the Lehigh Valley, the Central of New Jersey, the Lackawanna, and other railroads, and is con- nected by canals with New York, Philadelphia, and the coal regions. The city is near the great cement belt, and near slate-quarrios and coal and iron fields. It has manufactures of drills, com- pressors, railway supplies, organs, boots and shoes, silk, hosiery, braces, etc. The govern- ment of Easton is administered by a mayor, elected every three years, and a bicameral city council, which elects the city engineer, and con- firms the executive's appointments to the Board of Health and Fire Department. The city treas- urer and controller are chosen by popular elec- tion. Easton owns and operates its electric-light plant. Population, in 1890. 14.481; in 1900, 25,238. Easton was laid out in 1750, was incorporated as a borough in 1789, and was chartered as a city in 1887. Here in 1756, 1757, 1758, and 1761 important treaties were made with the In- dians, and in 1779 General Sullivan's expedi- tion against the Iroquois was here organized, Lafayette College (q.v. ) was founded at Easton in 1832. Consult Condit. The History of Easton (Easton. 1889). EASTON, :Ioi!TOX William (1841—). An American philologist. He was born .at Hartford, Conn., and, after attending Yale and Columbia, took a supplementary course at the University of Vienna. -After occupying the chair of com- parative philology at the I'niversity of Ten- nessee for several years, he was appointed to a similar post in the University of Pennsyl- vania. His writings include contributions to the JoiiDKil of the American Oriental Socieli/, on phonetics, Sanskrit, Iranian, and kindred suVijects; to the Journal of the American Oriental fiociely, the Transactions of the American Philo- logical Association, the American Journal of l'hilolof/>/, and similar publications. EASTON, XiCHOL.s (1.593-1675). A Colonial Ciovernor of Khode Island. He emigrated from Wales to Massachusetts in 1634. was the first settler in .gawam (now Newberry). Mass.. in 1035, and in 1638 built the first English house in Hampton, N. H. In 1639 he went to the site of the present Newport, R. I,, where, also, he built the first house. He was elected President of Providence Plantations in 1649 and again in 1654, served for four years as Deputy (Jovcrnor. and from 1672 until his death lield the position of Governor uniicr llie second charter. His son John was Governor from 1690 to 1U95. and was the author of a Sarratire of the Causes which Led to hiiig Philip's ^yar, which was published at Albanv in 1858 under the editorship of Frank- lin H. Hough. EAST ORANGE. A city in Essex County, N. ■!., adjoining Newark; on the Erie and the Laekawaima railroads (Map: New Jersey. D 2). It is primarily a residential town, containing the handsome suburban homes of many New York and Newark business nu'n. F-ast Orange has well- paved and shaded streets, and maintains a publie library. Its indiistrial plants include electrical works and a factory for the manufacture of pharmaceutical supplies. The government is administered by a mayor, elected biennially, and a city council. With the exception of the board of eclucation and board of assessors, chosen by popular vote, all municipal ollicials are nonii- nate<l by the executive with the consent of the council. East Orange was part of Orange until 1863. when it was incorporated as a separate township. In 1899 it was chartered as a citv. Population, in 1890. 13,282; in 1900, 21,506. Consult Whittemore, The Founders and the Builders of the Oranges (Newark, 1896). EASTPORT. A city and port of entry in Washington County, Me., on Moose Island, in Passamaquoddy Bay. the easternmost settlement in the United States (Map: Maine. J 6). It possesses a harbor deep enough to aecommo l;ite large vessels, and has .steamboat comnumicalion with important points on the coast. Eastport is the centre of large fishing and sardine-can- ning interests. It has a custom house and a public lilirary. The government is administered under .a charter of 1893, by a mayor, elected aniuially, and a unicameral city council. Popu- lation, 'in 1890, 4908: in 1900! 5311. Eastport was permanently settled about 1782. Its trade was severely crippled by the Embargo Act. and the town was for several years, especially during 1807-18, notorious as a smuggling centre, (Jreat Britain had long claimed all the islands in Passamaquoddy Bay, and on .Tuly 11. LSI 4. an English force captured Eastport and held it under strict martial law until .Tune 30. 1818. Consult Kilby, Eastport and Passanuniuoddy, A Collection of Uistnrical and Biographical Slcrlchcs (Eastport. ISSS). EAST PROVIDENCE. A town in Provi- dence County, R. I., separated from the city of Providence by the Seekonk River; on the New York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad (Map: Rhode Island. C 2). It has clieniical, electrical, and wire works, a handkerchief factory, bleach- ery. and other industrial establishments. The government is in the liands of a town coun- cil, which elects a majority of administrative officials, others being chosen by popular vote. Town meetings are held annually. Together with the town of Seekonk, Mass,,' East Provi- dence was once a part of the old town of Reho- hoth. It was set off from Seekonk when the Jlassachusetts-Rhode Island biMindarv line was fixed. It was incorporated in 1862, Popilation, in 1890, 8422: in 1900. 12,138. (
