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BRANTFORD , a See also:city and See also:port of entry of See also:Ontario, See also:Canada, on the See also:Grand See also:river, and on the Grand See also:Trunk, and See also:Toronto, See also:- HAMILTON
- HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
- HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
- HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
- HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
- HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
- HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
- HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
- HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
- HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
- HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
- HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)
Hamilton & See also:Buffalo See also:railways. The river is navigable to within 21 M. of the See also:town; for the remaining distance a See also:canal has been constructed. Agricultural implements, plough, See also:engine, See also:bicycle and See also:stove See also:works, See also:potteries and large railway shops constitute the important See also:industrial establishments. It contains an See also:institute for the See also:education of the See also:blind, maintained by the provincial See also:government, and a See also:women's See also:college. The city is named in See also:honour of the See also:Mohawk See also:Indian See also:chief, See also:Joseph See also:Brant (Thayendanegea), who settled in the neighbourhood after the See also:American See also:War of See also:Independence, in which he had led the Six Nations (See also:Iroquois) on the See also:British See also:side. The amalgamated tribes of the Six Nations still make it their headquarters, and a See also:monument to Brant has been erected in See also:Victoria Square. Brantford is one of the most flourishing industrial towns of the See also:province, and its See also:population See also:rose from 96,6 in 1881 to 20,713 in 1907.
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