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BENNINGTON , a See also:village and one of the See also:county-seats of Bennington county, See also:Vermont, U.S.A., situated in the S.W. See also:part of the See also:state, about 30 M. E.N.E. of See also:Troy, New See also:York. Pop. (1890) 3971; (1900) 5656 (965 See also:foreign-See also:born); (1910) 6221. The township of the salve name, in which it is situated, had in 1910 a See also:population of 8698, living chiefly in the villages of Bennington, See also:North Bennington and Bennington Centre, the last a summer resort. The village of Bennington is served by the See also:Rutland railway, and is connected by electric railway with North See also:- ADAMS
- ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
- ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
- ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
- ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
- ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
- ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
- ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
- ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
- ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)
Adams and See also:Pittsfield, See also:Mass., and Hoosick Falls, N.Y. It is picturesquely situated at the See also:foot of the See also:Green Mountains, and the See also:summit of the neighbouring Mt. See also:Anthony (2J45 ft.) commands a magnificent view. The village has woollen See also:mills, See also:knitting mills, See also:stereoscope, See also:box, and See also:collar and See also:cuff factories and See also:machine shops. There are See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:clay and yellow ochre See also:works in different parts of the township. Bennington is the seat of the Vermont state soldiers' See also:home. The Bennington See also:Battle See also:Monument, a See also:shaft 301 ft. high, is said to be the highest battle monument in the See also:World. It commemorates the success gained on the 16th of See also:August 1777 by a force of nearly 2000 " Green See also:Mountain Boys " and New See also:Hampshire and See also:Massachusetts See also:militia under See also:General See also:John See also:Stark over two detachments of General See also:Burgoyne's See also:army, totalling about 1200 men, under See also:Col. See also:Friedrich Baum and Col. Breyman. These came up one after the other in See also:search of provisions and were practically annihilated, Col. Baum being mortally wounded and 700 men taken prisoners. The See also:scene of the battle is about 5 M. from the village. The victory had an important See also:influence on Burgoyne's See also:campaign (see See also:AMERICAN See also:WAR OF See also:INDEPENDENCE), weakening Burgoyne and encouraging the American militia to take the See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field against him. Bennington was settled in 1761 and was named in See also:honour of See also:Governor Benning See also:Wentworth of New Hampshire. The township was organized in 1762. It was one of the " New Hampshire See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
Grant " towns, both, New York and New Hampshire claiming See also:jurisdiction over it, and, being the home of Ethan See also:- ALLEN, BOG OF
- ALLEN, ETHAN (1739–1789)
- ALLEN, GRANT CHARLES GRANT BLAIRFINDIEI, (1848–1899)
- ALLEN, JAMES LANE (1850– )
- ALLEN, JOHN (1476–1534)
- ALLEN, or ALLEYN, THOMAS (1542-1632)
- ALLEN, WILLIAM (1532-1594)
- ALLEN, WILLIAM FRANCIS (183o-1889)
Allen and See also:Seth See also:Warner, it became the centre of activities of the " Green Mountain Boys," of whom they were leaders. During the fifteen years in which Vermont was an See also:independent See also:commonwealth, Bennington was the headquarters of the See also:council of safety. In 1828—1829 W. L. See also:Garrison edited here a See also:paper called The See also:Journal of the Times. The village of Bennington was incorporated in 1849.
See See also:Merrill and Merrill, Sketches of Historic Bennington (See also:Cam-See also:bridge, Mass., 1898).
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