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ELMIRA , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of Chemung county, New See also:York, U.S.A., See also:loo m. S.E. of See also:Rochester, on the Chemung See also:river, about 85o ft. above See also:sea-level. Pop. (189o) 30,893; (1900) 35,672, of whom 5511 were See also:foreign-See also:born (1988 Irish and 1208 See also:German); (1910 See also:census) 37,176. It is served by the See also:Erie, the See also:Pennsylvania, the See also:Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, the Lehigh Valley, and the Tioga See also:Division See also:railways, the last of which connects it with the Pennsylvania coalfields 48 m. away. The city is attractively situated on both sides of the river, and has a See also:fine See also:water-See also:supply and See also:park See also:system, among the parks being Eldridge, Rorick's Glen, See also:Riverside, See also:Brand, Diven, See also:Grove, See also:Maple See also:Avenue and Wisner; in the last-named is a statue of 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 K. See also:Beecher by J. S. See also:Hartley. The city contains a Federal See also:building, a See also:state armoury, the Chemung county See also:court See also:house and other county buildings, the Elmira orphans' See also:home, the See also:Steele memorial library, home for the aged, the Arnot-See also:Ogden memorial See also:hospital, the Elmira See also:free See also:academy, and the Railway Commerical training school. Here, also, is Elmira See also:College (Presbyterian) for See also:women, founded in 1855. This institution, chartered in 1852 as See also:Auburn See also:Female University and then situated in Auburn, was rechartered in 1855 as the Elmira Female College; it was established largely through the See also:influence and persistent efforts of the Rev. See also:Samuel Robbins See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
Brown (1810—188o) and his associates, notably See also:Simeon See also:Benjamin of Elmira, who gave generously to the newly founded college, and was the first distinctively collegiate institution for women in the See also:United States, and the first, apparently, to 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 degrees to women. The most widely known institution in the city is the Elmira297
reformatory, a state See also:prison for first offenders between the ages of sixteen and See also:thirty, on a system of See also:general indeterminate sentences. Authorized by the state legislature in 1866 and opened in 1876 under the direction of Zebulon See also:Reed Brockway (b. 1827), it See also:wad the first institution of the sort and has served as a See also:model for many similar institutions both in the United States and in other countries (see JUVENILE OFFENDERS). Elmira is an important railway centre, with large repair shops, and has also extensive manufactories (value of See also:production in 'goo, $8,558,786, of which $6,596,603 was produced under the " factory system "; in 1905, under the " factory system," $6,984,095), including See also:boot and See also:shoe factories, a large factory for See also:fire-extinguishing apparatus, See also:iron and See also:steel See also:bridge See also:works, steel See also:rolling See also:mills, large See also:valve works, steel See also:plate mills, See also:knitting mills, See also:furniture, See also:glass and See also:boiler factories, breweries and See also:silk mills. Near the site of Elmira occurred on the 29th of See also:August 1779 the See also:battle of See also:Newtown, in which General See also:John See also:Sullivan decisively defeated a force of See also:Indians and Tories under See also:Sir John See also:- JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
Johnson and See also:Joseph See also:Brant. There were some settlers here at the See also:close of the See also:War of See also:Independence, but no permanent See also:settlement was made until 1788. The See also:village was incorporated as Newtown in 1815, and was reincorporated as Elmira in 1828. A city See also:charter was secured in 1864. In 1861 a state military See also:camp was established here, and in 1864—1865 there was a prison camp here for Confederate soldiers.
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