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EASTON , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Northampton county, See also:Pennsylvania, U.S.A., at the confluence of the Lehigh See also:river and Bushkill See also:Creek with the See also:Delaware, about 6o m. N. of See also:Philadelphia. Pop. (1890) 14,481; (1900) 25,238, of whom 2135 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910 See also:census) 28,523. Easton is served by the Central of New See also:Jersey, the Lehigh Valley, the Lehigh & See also:Hudson River and the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western See also:railways, and is connected by canals with the See also:anthracite See also:coal region to the See also:north-See also:west and with See also:Bristol, Pa. A See also:bridge across the Delaware river connects it with See also:Phillipsburg, New Jersey, which is served by the Pennsylvania railway. The city is built on See also:rolling ground, commanding pleasant views of 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 and river scenery. Many See also:fine residences overlook city and See also:country from the hillsides, and a See also:Carnegie library is prominent among the public buildings. See also:Lafayette See also:College, a Presbyterian institution opened in 1832, is finely situated on a See also:bluff north of the Bushkill and Delaware. The college provides the following courses of instruction: See also:graduate, classical, Latin scientific, See also:general scientific, See also:civil See also:engineering, See also:electrical engineering, See also:mining engineering and chemical; in 1908 it had 38 instructors and 442 students, 256 of whom were enrolled in the scientific and engineering courses. Overlooking the Bushkill is the Easton See also:Cemetery, in which is the See also:grave of See also:George See also:- TAYLOR
- TAYLOR, ANN (1782-1866)
- TAYLOR, BAYARD (1825–1878)
- TAYLOR, BROOK (1685–1731)
- TAYLOR, ISAAC (1787-1865)
- TAYLOR, ISAAC (1829-1901)
- TAYLOR, JEREMY (1613-1667)
- TAYLOR, JOHN (158o-1653)
- TAYLOR, JOHN (1704-1766)
- TAYLOR, JOSEPH (c. 1586-c. 1653)
- TAYLOR, MICHAEL ANGELO (1757–1834)
- TAYLOR, NATHANIEL WILLIAM (1786-1858)
- TAYLOR, PHILIP MEADOWS (1808–1876)
- TAYLOR, ROWLAND (d. 1555)
- TAYLOR, SIR HENRY (1800-1886)
- TAYLOR, THOMAS (1758-1835)
- TAYLOR, TOM (1817-1880)
- TAYLOR, WILLIAM (1765-1836)
- TAYLOR, ZACHARY (1784-1850)
Taylor (1716-1781), a signer of the See also:Declaration of See also:Independence, with a See also:monument of See also:Italian See also:marble to his memory. Among the city's manufactures are See also:silk, See also:hosiery and knit goods, See also:flour, See also:malt liquors, See also:brick, See also:tile, drills, See also:lumber and planing See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill products and See also:organs; in 1905 the value of all the factory products was $5,654,594, of which $2,290,598, or 40.5%, was the value of the silk manufactures. Easton is the commercial centre of an important mining region, which produces, in particular, See also:iron ore, soapstone, See also:cement, See also:slate and See also:building 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. The See also:municipality owns and operates an electric-See also:lighting plant.
Easton was a See also:garden spot of the See also:Indians, and here, because they would not negotiate elsewhere, several important See also:treaties were made between 1756 and 1762 during the See also:French and See also:Indian See also:War. The See also:place was laid out in 1952, and was made the county-seat of the newly erected county. It was incorporated as 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 in 1789, received a new borough See also:charter in 1823, and in 1887 was chartered as a city. See also:South Easton was annexed in 1898.
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