Poole, M. O. (February 28, 1937). “Historic Islands At New York's Front Door.”. New York Times. https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00712F638541B728DDDA10A94DA405B878FF1D32008年7月28日閲覧. "When the Federal Government recently offered to give Hoffman and Swinburne Islands to the City of New York not a few people asked where these islets might be found and for what purposes they had been used. Hoffman and Swinburne are man-made islands and they lie at the entrance of the Narrows, west of the main ship channel, a mile off the Staten Island shore. Hoffman Island, nine and three-tenths ... This was afterward changed to Swinburne in honor Of Dr. John Swinburne, ..."
“Quarantine At New York”. Harper's Weekly. (September 6, 1879). http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~quarantine/history2.htm2008年7月28日閲覧. "April 23, 1863, what is now known as the General Quarantine Act was passed, defining the quarantine establishment, authorizing its construction, creating the permanent office of Quarantine Commissioner, defining the duties and powers of the Commissioners and Health Officer, and establishing a general system of quarantine for the port. Additional powers were conferred by amendments made to this general act in 1864, 1865, 1866, and 1867, under which two small steamers were purchased; the property at Tompkinsville, Staten Island, known as the Marine Hospital Grounds, was sold; and the artificial islands in the lower bay were undertaken and afterward completed — Swinburne Island in 1870, and Hoffman Island in 1873."
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