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CARLISLE , a See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough and the See also:county-seat of See also:Cumberland county, See also:Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 18 m. W. by S. of See also:Harrisburg and See also:rib m. W. by N. of See also:Philadelphia. Pop. (189o) 7620; (1900) 9626 (1148 being negroes); (1910) 10,303. It is served by the Cumberland Valley (controlled by the Pennsylvania railway) and the See also:Gettysburg & Harrisburg See also:railways. The borough is pleasantly situated in the central See also:part of the fertile Cumberland Valley, which is here 12 M. wide. See also:Mount See also:Holly Springs and Boiling Springs are near, and are important summer attractions. In Carlisle is See also:Dickinson See also:College, founded in 1783 by Presbyterians, and named in See also:honour of See also:John Dickinson (q.v.), a benefactor of the college; it was reorganized in 1833 as a Methodist Episcopal College, and is now divided into the college, the school of See also:law (founded in 1834) and See also:Conway 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 preparatory See also:department. See also:President See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Buchanan and See also:Chief See also:Justice R. B. See also:Taney were graduates. Here are also Metzger College for See also:young ladies, and a well-known See also:United States See also:Indian See also:industrial school, established in 1879 through the efforts of See also:Lieutenant (later Brigadier-See also:General) See also:Richard See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Pratt (b. 1840), its See also:superintendent until 1904; the school pays especial See also:attention to industrial and agricultural training, and its athletic organizations are famous. A See also:great effort is made to preserve and develop Indian arts and crafts; the instruction given by Mrs See also:Angel Decora Dietz, a See also:Winnebago, in See also:colour See also:work and See also:design, decorating See also:leather, making beadwork and See also:weaving rugs, is particularly noteworthy. On the initiative of the pupils the Leupp Indian See also:Art School was built on the campus in 1906-1907, all materials being See also:purchased with the funds of the athletic association and all work being done by the students. The See also:building is named in honour of See also:Francis Ellington Leupp (b. 1849), U.S. See also:commissioner of Indian affairs in 1905. Carlisle is prominent for the manufacture of boots and shoes, and has See also:machine shops and manufactories of carriages, See also:ribbons, railway frogs and switches, carpets and See also:paper boxes. In 1905 the value of all the factory products was $1,985,743, of which $1,078,401 was the value of boots and shoes. The See also:place was laid out as a See also:town in 1751, was named from Carlisle, Cumberland, See also:England, and was incorporated as a borough in 1872. In 1753 See also:Benjamin See also:Franklin, with two other commissioners, negotiated a treaty with the See also:Ohio See also:Indians here. During the See also:War of See also:Independence the Americans kept here for secure confinement a number of See also:British prisoners, among them See also:Major John See also:Andre, and in 1794 Carlisle was the See also:head-quarters of See also:George See also:Washington during the See also:Whisky See also:Rebellion. On the See also:night of the 1st of See also:July 1863 Carlisle was bombarded by Confederate troops.
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