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E AST-GREEN'WICH, a poft town, and the chief 
townfhip ot the American States in Kent county, Rhode- 
Illand ; (ixteen miles fouth of Providence, and twenty-two 
north-north-weft of Newport, containing, by the cenfus, 
1824 inhabitants. The town has a handfome court-houfe ; 
and, although its commerce is greatly reduced, it carries 
on the fiftieries to advantage, and fends fome veffels to 
the Weft-Indies. It is fituated on the north-weft part of 
Narraganfet-bay. Both this town and Warwick are noted 
for making good cider; and formerly for railing tobacco 
for exportation. 
E AST-H AD'DAM, a townfhip of the American States, 
in Middlefex county,. Connecticut, fituated on the eaft 
tide of Connecticut river, oppofite to Haddarn, of which 
it was formerly a part. It was fettled in 1704: fourteen 
miles fouth of .Middleton, and twenty-one north-weft of 
New-London. 
EAST-HAM, a townfhip of the American States, in 
Barnftable county, Maflachufetts, about ten miles long, 
fituated on the peninfula of Cape Cod, between Chatham 
and WTell fleet, 100 miles fouth-eaft of Bofton. It contains 
1834 inhabitants. 
E.AST-HAMP'TON, a townfhip of the American 
States, iriHampfhire cou-nty,Maflachufetts,fix miles fouth 
of Northampton, and 105 weft-by-fouth of Bofton. It 
contains 457 inhabitants, and is divided from the weft 
bank of Connecticut river by the celebrated mountain 
called Mount Tom. 
E AST-HAMP'TON, a handfome town of the Ameri¬ 
can States, in Suffolk county, New. York, on the fouth- 
eaft coaft of Long-Ifland, twelve miles eaft-north-eaft of 
South-Hampton, and 105 eaft of New-York city. The 
townfhip contains 1497 inhabitants, of whom 2L4are elec¬ 
tors. Gardner’s Ifland is annexed to this town. 
E AST-HART'FORD, a town of the American States, 
in Hartford county, Connecticut, fituated on the eaft bank 
of Connecticut river, oppofite to Hartford. Here are a 
number of ftreams which water the town ; alfo iron and 
glafs works. 
EAST-HA'VEN, a townfhip of the American States, 
in New-Haven county, Connecticut, on the eaft fide of 
New-Haven harbour. The Scotch Captain, and other 
fmall ifles, lie on the fouth fliore. 
EAST-HA'VEN, a townfhip of the American States, 
in Eftex county, Vermont, eleven miles fouth eaft of the 
fouthern end of Willoughby’s Lake, and eighteen north- 
by-weft of the upper bar of the Fifteen-mile-falls on Con¬ 
necticut river. 
EAST-INDIA COMPANY. See Company, vol.iv. 
P- 875 - 
EAST-IN'DIES, a name commonly applied to all thofe 
countries on the continent of Afia, with which Great-Bri- 
tain, and the other nations of Europe, have from time to 
time been connected in commerce. Thefe extenfive re¬ 
gions are diftinguifhed by the name of Hindooftan, or that 
part of the continent and peninfula of Afia within the river 
Ganges; and of that part without or beyond the Ganges, 
confiding of what is now called the Birman Empire, or 
kingdoms of Aracan, Ava, and Pegu, tlie Malayan ifles, 
Siam, Cambodia, &c. See thefe refpeCtive titles, and 
the articles India, and Hindoostan. 
EAST-ISLAND, a fmall ifland in the Atlantic, near 
the coaft of Main, in America. Lat. 32. N. Ion. 67.32.VC, 
Greenwich. 
EAST-LOQE, a borough town of Cornwall, fituated 
on the mouth of the river Lowe, and governed by a 
mayor and eight burgeffes, who form a common-council ; 
but the recorder and other officers are^chofen by the 
mayor only. It was firft incorporated by queen Elizabeth, 
A D. 1387. The principal trade confifts in the herring- 
fifhery, exporting of oats, and importing of coals. It bas¬ 
il well-founded charity-fchool for thirteen poor boys. 
EAST-MAIN, that part of New-Britain, or Labrador, 
in North-America, which lies on the eaft fide of James’s-, 
bay ; as part of New South Wales on the weft fide of the 
fame bay is called Wcjl-Main. The Hudfon’s-bay fudtory, 
called Eajl-Main, is fituated on the fouth part of Eaft- 
Main, between Rupert and Slade rivers, both of which 
run weftward into James’s-bay. 
EAST-MEATH, a name fometimes given to the 
county of Meath, in Ireland, to diftinguiffi it from'Weft. 
Meath. See Meath. 
EAST-RIVER, a river of the United States of Ame¬ 
rica, or rather a channel between Long-Ifland and New- 
York Ifland, and between Long-Ifland and the ftate of 
Connecticut, where it is more generally called Long-IJland 
Sound. 
E AST-NESS, or Easton-ness, a cape in the German 
Ocean, on the eaft coaft of England, and county of Suf¬ 
folk, between Southwold and Loweftoff. 
EAST-POINT, the extreme eaft point of the ifland of 
St. John, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 
EAST-POINT, the north-eaft extremity of New Hol¬ 
land. Lat. 10. 42. S. 
E AST-WINDSOR, a townfhip of the American States, 
in Hartford county, Connecticut; feparated from Witid- 
for by Connecticut river, and about feven miles north- 
eaft of Hartford. The compact part of the town lies on 
one broad ftreet, of about two miles in length. In the 
townlhip are three congregational churches. The lands 
are fertile, and produce large quantities of good tobacco-. 
EAST AN ALLE'E, a town of the Annerican States, 
fituated on the north-eaft head branch of Alabama river, 
in Georgia. 
EAS'TER, a feaff of the church, held in memory of 
our Saviour’s refutredlion. This feaft has been annually 
celebrated ever fince the time,of-the apoftles, and is one 
of the mod confiderable feftivals in the Chriftian calendar ; 
being that which regulates and determines the times of 
all the other moveablefeafts. The rule for the celebration 
of Eafter, fixed by the council of Nice, in the year 325, is, 
that it be held,on the Sunday which falls upon or next after 
the full mo.on which happens next after the 21ft of March; . 
that is, the Sunday which falls upon or next after the firft 
full moon after the vernal equinox. The reafon of which 
decree was, that the Chfiftians might-avoid celebrating 
their Eafter at the fame time with the Jevvilh Paffbver, 
which, according to the inftitution of Mofes, was held the 
very day of the full moon. 
To find Easter according to the 
New or Gregorian Style , till the year 
1900 exclufive. —Look for the gol¬ 
den number of the year in the 
firft column of the table, againft 
which Hands the day ot the. 
pafchal full moon; then look in 
the third column for the Sunday 
letter, next after the day of the 
full moon, and the day of the 
month Handing againft that Sun¬ 
day letter is Eafter-day. When 
the full moon happens on a Sun¬ 
day, then the next Sunday after 
is Eafter-day. 
For example. For the year 1804, 
the golden number is 19; againft 
which (lands March the 26th, and 
the next Sunday letter, which is 
G, below that, (lands oppofite 
April 1, which is therefore the 
Eafter-day for the year 1804. 
Though the Gregorian calen¬ 
dar be much preferable to the 
Julian, it is yet not without its 
defedts. It cannot, for infiance, 
keep the equinox fixed on the 
21 ft of March, but it will fome¬ 
times fall on the 19th, and lome- 
times on the 23d. So that the 
full moon happening on the 20th 
of March, might fometimes be 
pafchai; yet it is not allowed as luch in the Gregorian- 
computation 3 
Gold. 
Nura. 
Pafchal full 
moon. 
Snncn 
letter 
14 
March 21 
c 
3 
22 
D 
23 
E 
I I 
24 
F 
25 
G 
W 
26* 
A 
8 
27 
B 
28 
C 
l6 
29 
D 
5 
30 
E 
31 
F 
13 
April 1 
G 
2 
2 
A 
3 
B 
IO 
4 
C 
5 
D 
18 
6 
E 
7 
7 
F 
8 
G 
15 
9 
A 
4 
xo 
B 
11 
C 
I 2 
,12 
D 
I 
23 
E 
14 
F 
9 
15 
G 
l 6 
A 
17 
37 
B 
6 
18 | 
C 
