Henry Sheldon Anable
{{short description|American land speculator}}
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| name = Henry Sheldon Anable
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| birth_date = c. 1815
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| death_date = {{Death year and age|1887|1815}}
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| nationality = American
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| known_for = Anable basin, the site of an once-proposed Amazon HQ2 campus, is named after him
| occupation = land speculator
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Henry Sheldon Anable (c. 1815–1887) was a 19th-century land speculator and developer, in what is now New York City, but was then beyomd the city limits in Queens County, New York. The properties he is known for were on the east side of the East River, on Long Island, prior to the annexation of that region into the greater city. He was responsible for the excavation of the short Anable Basin shipping channel.
In the mid 19th century Anable partnered with Eliphalet Nott, a land speculator and developer. Anable was related to Nott, with some sources describing Nott as Anable's father-in-law, and others, as his uncle.
In 1869 Anable was one of those who argued for the amalgamation of the neighboring Long Island communities of Newtown Creek, Astoria, Hunters Point, Ravenswood, Blissville and Dutch Kills.
Anable's ancestors were among the early Puritan settlers of Massachusetts, arriving in 1623.{{Cite book |title=Complete American Armoury and Blue Book |author=John Matthews |date= June 2009|publisher=Genealogical Publishing Com |isbn=9780806345734 |accessdate=December 15, 2017 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a79aQefT1wEC&q=Anthony+Annable+henry+sheldon+anable&pg=PA141 |language= |quote=}} He is a descendant of Anthony Annable who was a passenger of the Anne, which was the third ship to arrive in the Plymouth Colony.
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{{cite news
|url = https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=gc_etds
|title = Historical Relationships between Land Elevation and Socioeconomic Status in New York City: A Mixed Methods GIS Approach
|work = City University of New York
|author = Jennifer Brisbane
|date = 2014
|pages = 114–115
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20181115113015/https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=gc_etds
|archivedate = 2018-11-15
|accessdate = 2018-11-14
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|quote = Anable was perhaps most responsible for the shaping, both figuratively and literally, of Long Island City.
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{{cite news
|url = https://qns.com/story/2017/11/14/plaxall-family-aims-revamp-long-island-citys-anable-basin-ambitious-15-year-project/
|title = Plaxall family aims to revamp Long Island City's Anable Basin with ambitious 15-year project
|work = Queens News Service
|author = Angela Matua
|date = 2017-11-14
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20190227044950/https://qns.com/story/2017/11/14/plaxall-family-aims-revamp-long-island-citys-anable-basin-ambitious-15-year-project/
|archivedate = 2019-02-27
|accessdate = 2018-11-14
|url-status = live
|quote = The basin was named after Henry Anable, who dug out the basin 150 years ago to make it easier for barges to transport oil to the area.
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{{Cite web| url = http://www.astorialic.org/topics/names_p.php| title = History Topics: Names of Long Island City| publisher = Greater Astoria Historical Society| year = 2007| accessdate = 2017-12-15| quote = Built in 1868 by Henry Anable son-in-law developer of Dr. E. Nott of Hunter's Point. During construction, a large mastodon bone was found and put on display in a local store window.| url-status = dead | archivedate = 2018-07-05| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20180705062840/http://www.astorialic.org/topics/names_p.php}}
{{Cite web
| url = https://derekstadler.wordpress.com/portfolio-2/collections-photography/maspeth-from-small-dutch-community-to-part-of-the-great-metropolis-final/the-history-of-long-island-city-details-of-its-short-lived-days-as-both-an-incorporated-municipality-and-the-major-western-terminus-of-the-long-island-rail-road/
| title = The History of Long Island City: Details of its Short-Lived Days as Both an Incorporated Municipality and the Major Western Terminus of the Long Island Rail Road
| author = Derek Stadler
| date = 2014-05-04
| accessdate = 2017-12-15
| quote = Henry Sheldon Anable was added to the team as an estate manager and consequently the Van Alst farm was acquired, doubling the size of Hunter’s Point.
| url-status = live
| archivedate = 2018-07-03
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20180703221540/https://derekstadler.wordpress.com/portfolio-2/collections-photography/maspeth-from-small-dutch-community-to-part-of-the-great-metropolis-final/the-history-of-long-island-city-details-of-its-short-lived-days-as-both-an-incorporated-municipality-and-the-major-western-terminus-of-the-long-island-rail-road/
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{{Cite book
| title = Complete American Armoury and Blue Book
| author = John Matthews
| date = June 2009
| publisher = Genealogical Publishing Com
| isbn = 9780806345734
| accessdate = 2017-12-15
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=a79aQefT1wEC&q=Anthony+Annable+henry+sheldon+anable&pg=PA141
| url-status = live
| archivedate = 2018-11-14
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20181114231855/https://books.google.com/books?id=a79aQefT1wEC&pg=PA141&lpg=PA141&dq=Anthony+Annable+henry+sheldon+anable#v=onepage&q=Anthony%20Annable%20henry%20sheldon%20anable&f=false
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Category:American real estate and property developers
Category:Land speculation in the United States
Category:Real estate and property developers from New York City