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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 427 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CLAREMONT , a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

Sullivan See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, New See also:

HAMPSHIRE (or COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON, abbreviated HANTS)

Hampshire, U.S.A., situated in the W. See also:

PART

part of the See also:

state, bordering on the See also:

CONNECTICUT

Connecticut See also:

RIVER

river. Pop. (189o) 5565; (1900) 6498 (1442 See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born); (1910) 7529. See also:

AREA

Area, 6 sq. m. It is served by two branches of the See also:

Boston & See also:

Maine railway. In Claremont is the See also:

Fiske See also:

FREE

free library (1873), housed in a See also:

Carnegie See also:

BUILDING

building (1904). The See also:

Stevens high school is richly endowed by the See also:

GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift of Paran Stevens, a native of Claremont. The city contains several villages, the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal being Claremont, Claremont Junction and See also:

West Claremont. See also:

SUGAR

Sugar river, flowing through the city into the Connecticut and falling 223 ft.within the city limits, furnishes See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

WATER

water-See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power. Among the manufactures are woollen and See also:

cotton goods, See also:

paper, See also:

MINING

mining and See also:

QUARRYING

quarrying machinery, See also:

RUBBER, INDIARUBBER

rubber goods, linens, shoes, See also:

wood See also:

TRIM

trim and See also:

pearl buttons. The first See also:

settlement here was made in 1762, and a township was organized in 1764; in 1908 Claremont was chartered as a city. It was named from Claremont, See also:

Lord See also:

Clive's See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

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