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DANVERS , a township of See also:Essex See also:county, on the See also:coast of See also:Massachusetts, U.S.A., about 19 M. N. by E. of See also:Boston. Pop. (1890) 7454; (1900) 8542, of whom 1873 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910 See also:census) 9407. Danvers includes an See also:area of 14 sq. m. of level See also:country diversified by hills. There are several villages or business centres, the largest of which, bearing the same name as the township, is served by the Boston & See also:Maine railway. In the township are a See also:state insane See also:asylum, with See also:accommodation for moo patients; St See also:John's Preparatory See also:College (See also:Roman See also:Catholic), conducted by the Xavierian See also:Brothers; and, in See also:Peabody See also:Park, the Peabody See also:Institute, with a See also:good public library and museum, the See also:gift (1867) of See also:George Peabody. The Danvers See also:historical society has a valuable collection. Although chiefly a residential See also:town, Danvers has various manufactures, the most important of which are See also:leather, boots and shoes, bricks, boxes and electric lamps. The See also:total value of the factory product in 1905 was $2,017,908, of which more than one See also:half was the value of leather. Danvers owns its See also:water-See also:works and its electric See also:lighting and See also:power plant. A See also:part of what is now Danvers was included in the See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant made by the See also:court of assistants to See also:Governor John See also:Endecott and the Rev. See also:Samuel See also:Skelton of the See also:Salem See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church in 1632. Danvers was set off from Salem as a See also:district in 1752 and was incorporated as a township in 1757, but the See also:act of See also:incorporation was disallowed in 1759 by the privy See also:council on the recommendation of the See also:board of See also:trade, in view of George II.'s disapproval of the incorporation of new townships at that See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time,—hence the significance of the words on the See also:seal of Danvers, " The See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King Unwilling "; in 1775 the district was again incorporated. Salem See also:Village, a part of the See also:present township, was the centre of the famous See also:witchcraft delusion in 1692. In 1885 See also:South Danvers was set off as a See also:separate township, and in 1868 was named Peabody in See also:honour of George Peabody, who was born and is buried there. In 1857 part of See also:Beverly was annexed to Danvers. Among distinguished natives of Danvers are Samuel Holton (1738-1816), a member (1778-1780 and 1782–1787) of the See also:Continental See also:Congress and (1793–1795) of the Federal Congress; See also:Israel See also:Putnam; See also:Moses See also:Porter (1755–1822), who served through the See also:War of See also:Independence and the War of 1812; and See also:Grenville Mellen See also:Dodge (b. 1831), a prominent See also:rail-way engineer, who fought in the See also:Union See also:army in the See also:Civil War, reaching the See also:rank of See also:major-See also:general of See also:volunteers, was a Re-publican member of the See also:national See also:House of Representatives in 1867–1869, and in 1898 See also:president of the See also:commission which investigated the management of the war with See also:Spain.
See J. W. See also:Hanson, See also:History of the Town of Danvers (Danvers, 1848) ; See also:Ezra D. Hines, Historic Danvers (Danvers, 1894) and Historical Address (Boston, 1907), in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the first incorporation; and A. P. 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, " History of Danvers in History of Essex County, See also:Mass. (See also:Philadelphia, 1888).
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