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On May 24, 1668 Joseph Carpenter of Warwick Rhode Island purchased about 2,000 acres of land to the northwest of the Town of Oyster Bay from the Matinecock Indians. Later in that year he admitted four co-partners into the project - three brothers, Nathaniel, Daniel, and Robert Coles, and Nicholas Simkins, all residents of Oyster Bay. The five young men named the settlement "Musketa Cove," which in the Matinecock language means "this place of rushes." These settlers have been known forever after as the five original proprietors of Musketa Cove Plantation...
In 1827, Dr. Thomas Garvie opened negotiations with Cornelius Vanderbilt to begin operating a steamboat between Glen Cove and New York City on a regular basis. In 1829 a daily steamboat run was made between Glen Cove and New York City. But many New York residents were reluctant to visit the town because they didn’t realize that there was a difference between "mus-kee-tah" (this place of rushes) and "mosquito" (a rather pesky insect). A public meeting was held in 1834 to discuss the matter. Several possible names were suggested as alternatives. Local legend has always claimed that someone had suggested "Glen Coe," after a rather pretty spot in Scotland, which was misheard as "Glen Cove." The residents agreed to change the name to Glen Cove...
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- 1854 - Glen Cove
Glen Cove, a post-villnge of Queen's county, New York, on Hempstead harbor, 176 miles S. S. E. from Albany. It has 1 church and a steamboat landing.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854. 
The Red Bridge, Glen Cove, L.I.
Postcard- 1895 - Glencove
Glen'cove', a post-village and summer resort of Queens co., N.Y., on the Hempstead & Glencove Branch of the Long Island Railroad, 28 miles E.N.E. of...Read MORE... 
J. K. O. Sherwood's Residence, Glen Cove, L.I.
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Glencove, a banking post-village and summer-resort of Nassau co., N.Y., on the Long Island R., 28 miles ENE. of Brooklyn and 1 mile from Long Island...Read MORE... 
1958 - Auto Crash May Doom Career of Campanella - Dodgers' Catcher Paralyzed
GLEN COVE, N.Y., Jan. 28 (AP) - Roy Campanella's brilliant career as one of baseball's greatest catchers appeared at an end today. A grinding...Read MORE...
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1854 - Glen Cove
Glen Cove, a post-villnge of Queen's county, New York, on Hempstead harbor, 176 miles S. S. E. from Albany. It has 1 church and a steamboat landing.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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1895 - Glencove
Glen'cove', a post-village and summer resort of Queens co., N.Y., on the Hempstead & Glencove Branch of the Long Island Railroad, 28 miles E.N.E. of... Read MORE...
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Glencove, a banking post-village and summer-resort of Nassau co., N.Y., on the Long Island R., 28 miles ENE. of Brooklyn and 1 mile from Long Island... Read MORE...
1958 - Auto Crash May Doom Career of Campanella - Dodgers' Catcher Paralyzed
GLEN COVE, N.Y., Jan. 28 (AP) - Roy Campanella's brilliant career as one of baseball's greatest catchers appeared at an end today. A grinding... Read MORE...
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