Originally much of the west shore of Upper New York Bay consisted of large tidal flats which hosted vast oyster banks, a major source of food for the Lenape population who lived in the area prior to the arrival of Dutch settlers.

Originally, the capital of the Demerara-Essequibo colony was located on Borselen Island in the Demerara River under the administration of the Dutch.

Originally built as the Dutch Reformed " Diaconie " ( poor house and orphanage ) in 1768, it was built to house up to 900 people, indicating the extent of the economic crisis in Haarlem that existed in the 18th century as a result of losing shipping power to Amsterdam.

Originally a rendezvous place for Portuguese, Dutch, and Spanish pirates, it later became a refuge for criminals, who mixed with Native American and African women and actively participated in the capturing and selling of Guaranís as slaves.

Originally part of the region of Salland, Hellendoorn is now administratively considered part of Twente ; a fact reflected in the inclusion of Hellendoorn in the city region of Twente ( Kaderwetgebied Regio Twente ) as defined by the Dutch government.

Originally called Wahatquenak by the local Lenni Lenape Native Americans, the Maurice River is said to be named for a local legend, in which a Dutch ship on the river, the Prince Maurice, was sunk by the local Native Americans in 1657.

Originally part of Burlington County, Little Egg Harbor took its name from the portion of a bay called Egg Harbor ( known today as Little Egg Harbor ) by the Dutch sailors because of the eggs found in nearby gull nests.

Originally called the Dutch Reformed Church of Bound Brook, it has gone through very few changes over the years.

Originally, the Congers Church was named the Waldberg Dutch Reformed Church.

Originally, the three youth organisations, the CPN-linked General Dutch Youth League, the PSP-linked Pacifist Socialist Young Working Groups and the PPR-linked Political Party of Radical Youth refused to merge under pressure of the government, who controlled their subsidies they did merge to form DWARS.

Originally named Nankersey, the village was given its name by Dutch engineers from Vlissingen in the Netherlands who built the three main quays in the village.

Originally there was a large central attic window of ' Dutch ' type ( as can be seen in the woodcut from Lipscomb's History of the County of Buckingham ( 1847 )).

Originally the phrase ' Dutch courage ' referred to the courage that results from indulgence in Dutch gin ( jenever ), but ' Dutch courage ' can also refer to the gin itself.

Originally a soldier and bookkeeper, he rose to high colonial ranks in service of the Dutch West India Company, serving many terms as burgomaster and alderman.

Originally named Costermansville ( in French ) or Costermansstad ( in Dutch ) until 1954, it had a prominent European population under colonial rule.

Originally inhabited by the Lenape Native Americans and settled in 1623 by French Waloons in an attempt to escape puritan oppression, Flatlands was given right to local rule in 1661 by Peter Stuyvesant as one of the five Dutch Towns on Long Island.

Originally spelled Cape Hinlopen, Cape Henlopen is named after Thijmen Jacobsz Hinlopen who was a prominent Dutch trader.

Originally established as a colony of the Dutch Republic, Java remained in Dutch hands throughout the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, during which time the French invaded the Republic and established the Batavian Republic in 1795, and the Kingdom of Holland in 1806.

Originally inhabited by Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages-speaking peoples, the region was colonized in the 16th century by the Portuguese and Spanish, then in the 17th century by the Dutch.

Originally the Stadium was named after former Dutch Queen Wilhelmina, but the name was changed in 1994 after the renovations were completed.

Originally, most Dutch VOC employees were traders, accountants, sailors and adventurers, their intentions may have been to stay, some may have thought of themselves as temporary sojourners.

Originally the Babylonian calendar was used by Jews for all daily purposes, but following the conquest of Jerusalem by Pompey in 63 BCE ( see also Iudaea province ), Jews began additionally following the imperial civil calendar, which was decreed in 45 BCE, for civic matters such as the payment of taxes and dealings with government officials.

Originally, the government, advised by prominent historians, had wanted to disestablish Opolskie and partition its territory between the more historically ‘ Polish ’ regions of Lower Silesia and Silesia.

Originally, the First Amendment applied only to the federal government.

Originally commissioned as one of a series of statues of prophets to be positioned along the roofline of the east end of Florence Cathedral, the statue was instead placed in a public square, outside the Palazzo della Signoria, the seat of civic government in Florence, where it was unveiled on 8 September 1504.

Originally, the broadcaster had said to the press that " the crisis in Pakistan was considered more urgent and much more newsworthy ", but sources from within the network itself had stated that the Chinese government had called the Canadian Embassy and demanded repeatedly that the program be taken off the air.

Originally, each branch and agency of the U. S. government was responsible for maintaining its own documents, which often resulted in the loss and destruction of records.

Originally about in the center of Carbon County were once part of the Spanish Empire, then part of the Republic of Texas ( 1835-1845 ) and part of the State of Texas until 1852 when the northern most part of that state was ceded to the U. S. government.

Originally two separate metropolitan boroughs with their own town halls and administrations, it has today a single united local government authority, the Kensington & Chelsea London Borough Council, based in Kensington.

Originally, the board thought it was a subsidy, but after the Centennial ended, the government sued for the money back, and the United States Supreme Court ultimately forced the commission to repay the government.

Originally home of the Coast Miwok native people, the Mexican government granted Rancho Cotate to Captain Juan Castaneda in July 1844 for his military services in the region.

Originally Osseo was under the government of townships of Brooklyn Park and Maple Grove.

Originally part of Royal Oak Township, Madison Heights incorporated as a city by popular vote on January 17, 1955, and chartered on December 6 that same year, becoming the tenth city government in southern Oakland County.

Originally encompassing Morris County and parts of both Sussex and Warren County, Hanover Township became too unwieldy for a single local government as time passed.

Originally encompassing all of Morris County and parts of Sussex and Warren County, Hanover Township became too unwieldy for a single local government to maintain.

Originally known as South Bay, the English government established a township here in 1674 called Christian Hook, basing the name on the predominant religious affiliation of residents in the area.

Originally there were 15 local government entities in the area.

Originally the Italian government of Benito Mussolini, under the Lateran treaties of 1929 with the Holy See, paid a monthly salary to Catholic clergymen.

Originally a supporter of American independence Deane served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and then as the United States ' first foreign diplomat when he travelled to France to lobby the French government for aid.

Originally elected as President from a field of four candidates with 42 % of the total votes, Ólafur has from the outset been a controversial figure in the office of President, an office that has mainly ceremonial functions meant to symbolise national unity and bears little responsibility for government affairs.

Originally dealing with the failed land deal years earlier known as Whitewater, Starr, with the approval of Attorney General of the United States Janet Reno, conducted a wide ranging investigation of alleged abuses including the firing of White House travel agents, the alleged misuse of FBI files, and Clinton's conduct during the sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a former Arkansas government employee, Paula Jones.

Originally, Fannie had an ' explicit guarantee ' from the government ; if it got in trouble, the government promised to bail it out.