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BURLINGTON , a See also:city, See also:port of entry and the See also:county-seat of Chittenden county, See also:Vermont, U.S.A., on the E. See also:shore of See also:Lake See also:Champlain, in the N.W. See also:part of the See also:state, 90 m. S .E. of See also:Montreal, and 300 M. N. of New See also:York. It is the largest city in the state. Pop. (188o) 11,365; (1890) 14,590; (1900) 18,640, of whom 3726 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910, See also:census) 20,468. It is served by the Central Vermont and the See also:Rutland See also:railways, and by lines of passenger and See also:freight steamboats on Lake Champlain. The city is attractively situated on an See also:arm of Lake Champlain, being built on a See also:strip of See also:land extending about 6 m. See also:south from the mouth of the Winooski See also:river along the lake shore and gradually rising from the See also:water's edge to a height of 275 ft.; its situation and its cool and equable summer See also:climate have given it a wide reputation as a summer resort, and it is a centre for See also:yachting, canoeing and other aquatic See also:sports. During the See also:winter months it has See also:ice-See also:boat regattas. Burlington is the seat of the university of Vermont (1791; non-sectarian and co-educational), whose See also:official See also:title in 1865 became " The University of Vermont and State Agricultural See also:College." The university is finely situated on a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill (28o ft. above the lake) commanding a charming view of the city, lake, the See also:Adirondacks and the See also:Green Mountains. It has departments of arts, sciences and See also:medicine, and a library of 74,800 volumes and 32,936 See also:pamphlets housed in the Billings Library, designed by H. H. See also:Richardson. The university received the Federal grants under the See also:Morrill acts of 1862 and 189o, and in connexion with it the Vermont agricultural experiment station is maintained. At Burlington are also the Mt St See also:Mary's See also:academy (1889, See also:Roman See also:Catholic), conducted by the Sisters of See also:Mercy; and two business colleges. Among the See also:principal buildings are the city See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, the Chittenden county See also:court See also:house, the Federal and the Y.M.C.A. buildings, the Masonic See also:temple, the Roman Catholic See also:cathedral and the See also:Edmunds high school. Burlington's charitable institutions include the Mary See also:Fletcher See also:hospital, the 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 See also:mission See also:home, the Lousia See also:Howard mission, the See also:Providence See also:orphan See also:asylum, and homes for aged See also:women, friendless women and destitute See also:children. The Fletcher See also:free public library (47,000 volumes in 1908) is housed in a See also:Carnegie See also:building. In the city are two sanitariums. The city has two parks (one, 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 See also:Park, is on a See also:bluff in the See also:north-See also:west part of the city, and commands a See also:fine view) and four cemeteries; in Green See also:Mount See also:Cemetery, which overlooks the Winooski valley, is a See also:monument over the See also:grave of Ethan Allen, who lived in Burlington from 1778 until his See also:death. Fort Ethan Allen, a See also:United States military See also:post, is about 3 M. See also:east of the city, with which it is connected by an electric See also:line. Burlington is the most important manufacturing centre in the state; among its manufactures are sashes, doors and blinds, boxes, See also:furniture and wooden-See also:ware, See also:cotton and woollen goods, patent medicines, refrigerators, house furnishings, See also:paper and machinery. In 1905 the city's factory products were valued at $6,355,754, three-tenths of which was the value of See also:lumber and planing See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill products, including sashes, doors and blinds. The Winooski river, which forms the boundary between Burlington and the townshio of See also:Colchester and which enters Lake Champlain N.W. of the city,
furnishes valuable water-See also:power, but most of the manufactories are operated by See also:steam. Quantities of See also:marble were formerly taken from quarries in the vicinity. The city is a wholesale distributing centre for all See also:northern Vermont and New See also:Hampshire, and is one of the principal lumber markets in the east, most of the lumber being imported from See also:Canada. It is the port of entry for the Vermont customs See also:district, whose exports and imports were valued respectively in 1907 at $8,333,024 and $5,721,034. A See also:charter for a See also:town to be founded here was granted by the See also:province of New Hampshire in 1763, but no See also:settlement was made until 1774. Burlington was chartered as a city in 1865..
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