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EMMITSBURG , a See also:town in See also:Frederick See also:county, See also:Maryland, U.S.A., 61 m. by See also:rail W. by N. of See also:Baltimore, and 12 m. S. of the See also:northern boundary of the See also:state. Pop. (1900) 849; (1910) 1054. It is served by the Emmitsburg railway (7 M. See also:long) to Rocky See also:Ridge on the Western Maryland railway. The town is
in a picturesque region on the eastern slope of the See also:Blue Ridge Mountains. Two See also:miles S.W. is See also:Mount St. See also:Mary's See also:College (See also:Roman See also:Catholic), founded in 18o8 by the Rev. See also:John du Bois (1764–1842) —its See also:president until 1826, when he became See also:bishop of New York—and chartered by the state in 183o. The Ecclesiastical See also:Seminary of the college has been a See also:great training school, and has been called the " Nursery of Bishops "; among its graduates have been Bishop See also:Hughes, See also:Cardinal See also:McCloskey and See also:Archbishop See also:Corrigan. In 1908 the college had 25 instructors and 350 students, of whom 57 were in the Ecclesiastical Seminary, and 61 in the See also:Minim See also:Department. See also:Half a mile S. of the town is St See also:Joseph's College and See also:Academy (incorporated in 1816), for See also:young See also:women, which is conducted by the Sisters of Charity—this See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order was introduced into the See also:United States at Emmitsburg by Mrs See also:Elizabeth See also:Ann See also:Seton in 1809. The first See also:settlement at Emmitsburg was made about 1773. It was at first called " See also:Silver See also:Fancy," and then for a 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 was known as " See also:Poplar See also:Fields "; but in 1786 the See also:present name was adopted in See also:honour of 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 Emmitt, one of the See also:original settlers. The town was incorporated in 1824.
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