Flushing, a post-village of Long Island, on Flushing Bay, a branch of Long Island Sound, about 9 miles E. of New York city by rail. It has large nurseries and gardens, an academy, convent, seminary, and private asylum. Pop. 8683.
Flushing
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 697
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