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EXETER , a See also: town and one of the See also:county-seats of See also:Rockingham county, New See also:Hampshire, U.S.A., on the Squamscott See also:river, about 12 M. S.W. of See also:Portsmouth and about 51 M. N. by E. of See also:Boston, See also:Mass. Pop. (1890) 4284; (1900) 4922 (ro66 See also:foreign-See also:born); (1910) 4897; See also:area, about 17 sq. m. It is served by the Western See also:Division of the Boston & See also:Maine railway. The town has a public library and some old houses built in the colonial See also:period, and is the seat of See also:Phillips Exeter See also:Academy (incorporated in 1781 and opened in 1783). In its See also:charter this institution is described as " an academy for the purpose of promoting piety and virtue, and for the See also:education of youth in the See also:English, Latin and See also:Greek See also:languages, in See also:writing, See also:arithmetic, See also:music and the See also:art of speaking, See also:practical See also:geometry, See also:logic and See also:geography, and such other of the liberal arts and sciences or languages, as opportunity may hereafter permit." It was founded by Dr See also:John Phillips (1719–1795), a See also:graduate of Harvard See also:College, who acquired considerable See also:wealth as a See also:merchant at Exeter and gave nearly all of it to the cause of education. The academy is one of the foremost secondary See also:schools in the See also:country, and among its alumni have been See also:Daniel See also:Webster, See also:Edward See also:Everett, See also:Lewis See also:Cass (born in Exeter in a See also:house still See also:standing), John See also:Parker See also:Hale, See also:George See also:Bancroft, Jared See also:Sparks, John Gorham See also:Palfrey, See also:Richard See also:Hildreth and See also:Francis See also:Bowen. The See also:government of the academy is vested in a See also:board of six trustees, regarding whom the founder provided that a See also:majority should be laymen and not inhabitants of Exeter. In 1909–1910 the institution had 20 buildings, 32 acres of recreation grounds, 16 instructors and 488 students, representing 38 states and territories of the See also:United States and 4 foreign countries. At Exeter also is the See also:- ROBINSON, EDWARD (1794–1863)
- ROBINSON, HENRY CRABB (1777–1867)
- ROBINSON, JOHN (1575–1625)
- ROBINSON, JOHN (1650-1723)
- ROBINSON, JOHN THOMAS ROMNEY (1792–1882)
- ROBINSON, MARY [" Perdita "] (1758–1800)
- ROBINSON, SIR JOHN BEVERLEY, BART
- ROBINSON, SIR JOSEPH BENJAMIN (1845– )
- ROBINSON, THEODORE (1852-1896)
Robinson See also:female See also:seminary (1867), with 14 instructors and 272 students in 1906–1907. The river furnishes See also: water-See also:power, and among the manufactures of the town are shoes, machinery, cottons, See also:brass, &c.
The town is one of the See also:oldest in the See also:state; it was founded in 1638 by Rev. John Wheelwright, an Antinomian See also:leader who with a number of followers settled here after his banishment from See also:Massachusetts. For their government the settlers adopted (1639) a See also:plantation See also:covenant. There was disagreement from the first, however, with regard to the measure of See also:loyalty to 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, and in 1643, when Massachusetts had asserted her claim to this region and the other three New Hampshire towns had submitted to her See also:jurisdiction, the majority of the inhabitants of Exeter also yielded, while the minority, including the founder, removed from the town. In 168o the town became a See also:part of the newly created See also:province of New Hampshire. During the See also:French and See also:Indian See also:wars it was usually protected by a See also:garrison, and some of the garrison houses are still standing. From 1776 to 1784 the state legislature usually met at Exeter.
See C. H. See also:- BELL
- BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
- BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
- BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
- BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
- BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
- BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
- BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
- BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
- BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
- BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
- BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)
Bell, See also:History of the Town of Exeter (Exeter, 1888).
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