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FREDERICK , a See also:

city and the See also:county-seat of Frederick county, See also:Maryland,U.S. A., on See also:Carroll's See also:Creek, a tributary of the Monocacy, 61 m. by See also:rail W. by N. from See also:Baltimore and 45 M. N.W. from See also:Washington. Pop. (1890) 8193; (1900) 9296, of whom 1535 were negroes; (1910 See also:census) 10,411. It is served by the Baltimore & See also:Ohio and the See also:Northern Central See also:railways, and by two interurban electric lines. Immediately surrounding it is the See also:rich farming See also:land of the Monocacy valley, but from a distance it appears to be completely shut in by picturesque hills and mountains; to the E., the Linga ore Hills; to the W., Catoctin See also:Mountain; and to the S., See also:Sugar See also:Loaf Mountain. It is built for the most See also:part of See also:brick and See also:stone. Frederick is the seat of the Maryland school for the See also:deaf and dumb and of the Woman's See also:College of Frederick (1893; formerly the Frederick See also:Female See also:Seminary, opened in 1843), which in 1907–1908 had 212 students, 121 of whom were in the Conservatory of See also:Music. See also:Francis See also:Scott See also:Key and See also:Roger See also:Brooke See also:Taney were buried here, and a beautiful See also:monument erected to the memory of Key stands at the entrance to See also:Mount Olivet See also:cemetery. Frederick has a considerable agricultural See also:trade and is an important manufacturing centre, its See also:industries including the See also:canning of fruits and vegetables, and the manufacture of See also:flour, bricks, brushes, See also:leather goods and See also:hosiery. The See also:total value of the factory product in 1905 was $1,937,921, being 34.7% more than in 1900.

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municipality owns and operates its See also:water-See also:works and electric-See also:lighting plant. Frederick, so named in See also:honour of Frederick See also:Calvert, son and afterward successor of See also:Charles, See also:Lord Baltimore, was settled by Germans in 1733, and was laid out as a See also:town in 1745, but was not incorporated until 1817. Here in 1755 See also:General See also:Braddock prepared for his disastrous expedition against the See also:French at Fort See also:Duquesne (See also:Pittsburg).

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