Perth Amboy, a port of entry of New Jersey, on the Kill van Kull, 26 miles by rail SW. of New York. There is a steam-ferry to Tottenville in Staten Island. Pop. (1885) 6311; (1890) 9512.
Perth Amboy
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 8: Peasant to Eoumelia, p. 77
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