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CLINTON , a See also:village of See also:Oneida See also:county, New See also:York, U.S.A., on the See also:Oriskany See also:Creek, about 9 m. S.W. of See also:Utica. Pop. (1890) 1269; (1900) 1340; (1905) 1315; (1910) 1236. It is served by the New York, See also:Ontario & Western railway, and is connected with Utica by an electric See also:line. Several See also:fine See also:mineral springs in the vicinity have given Clinton some reputation as a See also:health resort. There are See also:iron mines, blast furnaces, and iron smelters. Clinton is the seat of 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:College (non-sectarian), whichwas opened as the Hamilton Oneida See also:Academy in 5798, and was chartered under its See also:present name in 1812. It was founded by the Rev. See also:Samuel Kirkland (1741-1808), a missionary among the Oneida See also:Indians; its corner-See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone was laid by See also:Baron See also:Steuben; its shade trees were furnished by See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Jefferson; and its name was received from See also:Alexander Hamilton, one of its See also:early trustees. It had in 1907-1908 20 instructors, 178 students, and a library of 47,000 volumes and 30,000 See also:pamphlets. At Clinton are also excellent See also:minor See also:schools. See also:Litchfield See also:Observatory is connected with the college, and was See also:long in See also:charge of the well-known astronomer, See also:Christian H. F. See also:Peters (1813-189o), who discovered here more than 40 asteroids and made extensive investigations concerning comets. The village was settled about 1786 by pioneers from New See also:England, was named in See also:honour of See also:George Clinton, and was incorporated in 1842.
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