GovernorsIsland

GovernorsIsland
Gov·er·nors Island (gŭvʹər-nərz)
An island of southeast New York in Upper New York Bay south of Manhattan. Used by the British as a residence for the colonial governor of New York in the 17th and 18th centuries, it was later used as the site of a U.S. military base.

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