Hudson

(hüd'sün,) a great river of the U. States, and, after the St. Lawrence, the largest stream emptying into the N. Atlantic, rises in N. Lat. 44°, and taking a generally S. course, falls into the above ocean, below New York city, in abt. N. Lat. 40° 40′, after a flow of abt. 280 miles, 120 of which afford navigation for large ships. The H. is not le noted for its commercial facilities, than for the romantically picturesque scenery found along its banks. Its principal affluent is the Mohawk, in Albany co. The H.,at its mouth, forms the harbor of New York, 4 m. in width, and one of the finest in the New World. -In Michigan, a village of Lenawee co., abt. 16 m. W. of Adrian. Pop. 2,459.-In New Jersey, a N.E. co.; area, 180 sq. m.; C. Jersey City. Pop. 129,067.-In New York, a handsome city, C. of Columbia co., on the Hudson, 116 m. N. of the city of New York. Pop. 8,615. [s. 465]