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CUMBERLAND , a township of See also:Providence See also:county, Rhode See also:Island, U.S.A., in the N.E. See also:part of the See also:state, about 6 m. N. of Providence and having the See also:Blackstone See also:river for most of its W. boundary. Pop. (1890) 8090; (1900) 8925, of whom 3473 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910) 10,107; See also:area, 27.5 sq. m. It is served by the New See also:York, New Haven & See also:Hartford railway. Within its See also:borders are the villages of Cumberland 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, See also:Diamond Hill, See also:Arnold See also:Mills, See also:Abbott Run, See also:Berkeley, See also:Robin Hollow, Happy Hollow, See also:East Cumberland, and parts of Manville, See also:Ashton, See also:Lonsdale and Valley Falls. The See also:surface of the township is generally hilly and rocky. In the N. part is a valuable See also:granite See also:quarry; and See also:limestone, and some See also:coal, See also:iron and See also:gold are also found. Cumberland has been called the " See also:mineral See also:pocket of New See also:England." The Blackstone and its tributaries provide consider-able See also:water See also:power; and there are various manufactures, including See also:cotton goods, See also:silk goods, and See also:horse-shoes and other iron See also:ware. The value of the township's factory product in 1905 was $3,171,318, an increase of 8o•6 % since Igoo, this ratio of increase being greater than that shown by any other " See also:municipality " in the state having a See also:population in 19oo of 8000 or more. At Lonsdale, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Blackstone (c.1595-1675), the first permanent See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white settler within the See also:present limits of Rhode Island, built his See also:residence, " Study 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," about 1635. Cumberland was originally a part of Rehoboth, and then of See also:Attleborough, See also:Massachusetts, and for many years was called, like other sparse settlements, the See also:Gore, or Attleborough Gore. In 1747, by the royal See also:decree establishing the boundary between Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Attleborough Gore, with other territory formerly under the See also:jurisdiction of Massachusetts, was annexed to Rhode Island, and the township of Cumberland was incorporated, the name being adopted in See also:honour of William See also:Augustus, See also:duke of Cumberland. In 1867 a part of Cumberland was set off to See also:form the township of See also:Woonsocket.
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