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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 836 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BEVERLY , a seaboard See also:

city of See also:Essex See also:county, See also:Massachusetts, U.S.A., situated on the N. See also:shore of Massachusetts See also:Bay, opposite See also:Salem. It is 18 m. from See also:Boston on the Boston & See also:Maine railway. Pop. (189o) 10,821; (1900) 13,884, of whom 2814 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910, See also:census) 18,65o. The See also:land See also:area of the city is about 15 sq. m. The See also:surface is the typical glacial See also:topography, with a few See also:low, rocky hills, less than See also:loo ft. in height. There are beautiful drives through well-wooded districts, studded with handsome summer houses. In the city are a public library, the Beverly See also:hospital, the New See also:England See also:industrial school for See also:deaf mutes (organized, 1876; incorporated, 1879), and the Beverly See also:historical society (1891), which owns a large colonial See also:house, in which there is a valuable historical collection. The city has an excellent public school See also:system. There are a number of manufacturing establishments; in 1905 the See also:total factory product of the city was valued at $4,101,168, boots and shoes accounting for more than one-See also:half of the total. See also:Leather and See also:shoe machinery also are important manufactures; and the See also:main plant of the See also:United Shoe Machinery See also:Corporation is located here. See also:Market gardening is a considerable See also:industry, and large quantities of vegetables are raised under See also:glass for the Boston markets.

Fishing is an industry no longer of much importance. Beverly is connected by a See also:

regular See also:line of oil-steamers with See also:Port See also:Arthur, See also:Texas, and is the main distributing point for the Texas oil See also:fields. The first See also:settlement within the limits of Beverly was made by See also:Roger See also:Conant in 1626. The See also:town was a See also:part of Salem until 1668, when it was incorporated as a See also:separate township; in 1894 it was chartered as a city. In 1788 there was established here the first See also:cotton See also:mill to be successfully operated in the United States. The manufacture of Britannia See also:ware was begun in 1812. See also:George See also:Cabot lived for many years in Beverly, which he represented in the provincial See also:congress (1779); Nathan Dane (1752-1835) was also a See also:resident; and it was the birthplace of See also:Wilson Flagg (1805-1884), the author of Studies in the See also:Field and See also:Forest (1857), The See also:Woods and By-Ways of New England (1872), The Birds and Seasons of New England (1875), and A See also:Year with the Birds (1881). It was also the birthplace and See also:early See also:home of See also:Lucy Larcom (1826- 1893), and the See also:scene of much of her See also:Story of a New England Girlhood (Boston, 188q).

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