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Further readingedit
Published in the 19th century
William Darby (1834), "Richmond County", A new gazetteer of the United States of America (2nd ed.), Hartford: E. Hopkins
Charles H. Sweetser (1868), "Seaside Resorts: Staten Island", Book of Summer Resorts, New York: Evening Mail Office, OCLC 6043819
John Jacob Clute (1877), Annals of Staten Island, from its discovery to the present time, New York: C. Vogt, OL 24554570M
John Disturnell, ed. (1877), "Staten Island", Summer Resorts and Watering Places ... within fifty miles of the city of New York, New York: J. Wiley & Sons
Selden C. Judson (1886), Illustrated Sketch Book of Staten island, New York, its industries and commerce, New York: S.C. Judson, OL 24505964M
Reau Campbell (1889), Rides and Rambles on Staten Island, New York: C.G. Crawford, OL 23330352M
Gustav Kobbé (1890), Staten Island: a Guide, New York: G. Kobbé, OL 23340017M
Daniel Van Pelt (1898), Leslie's History of the Greater New York, vol. 2, New York, U.S.A: Arkell Pub. Co., OCLC 1850560
chapter 20: Richmond, or Staten Island: Olden Times
chapter 21: Richmond, or Staten Island: Present Century
Trow's Business and Residential Directory of the Borough of Richmond, City of New York. NY: Trow Directory, Printing & Bookbinding Co. 1899.
Published in the 20th century
"Borough of Richmond", Appleton's Dictionary of New York and Vicinity (27th ed.), Appleton, 1905
Ernest Ingersoll (1906), "Greater New York: Staten Island", Rand, McNally & Co.'s Handy Guide to New York City, Brooklyn, Staten Island, and other districts included in the enlarged city (20th ed.), Chicago: Rand, McNally, OCLC 29277709
Richmond Borough Association of Women Teachers. (1909), Staten Island and Staten Islanders, New York: Grafton Press, OL 7099909M
Frank Bergen Kelley; City History Club of New York (1913), "Borough of Richmond", Historical Guide to the City of New York (2nd ed.), New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, OCLC 4723529
Calvin D. Van Name (1921), Staten Island: a report by the President of the Borough of Richmond to the Mayor, OL 7117824M
Federal Writers' Project (1939). "Richmond". New York City Guide. American Guide Series. NY: Random House. hdl:2027/mdp.39015008975883.
Richard Briffault (1992). "Voting Rights, Home Rule, and Metropolitan Governance: The Secession of Staten Island as a Case Study in the Dilemmas of Local Self-Determination" (PDF). Columbia Law Review. 92 (4): 775–850. doi:10.2307/1122970. JSTOR 1122970.
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