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HANOVER , 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 of See also:

York See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 36 m. S. by W. of See also:

HARRISBURG

Harrisburg, and 6 m. from the S. border of the See also:

state. Pop. (189o) 3746; (1900) 5302, (133 See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born); (1910) 70J7. It is served by the See also:

NORTHERN

Northern Central and the Western See also:

MARYLAND

Maryland See also:

RAILWAYS

railways. The borough is built on nearlylevel ground in the fertile valley of the Conewago, at the point of intersection of the See also:

TURNPIKE

turnpike roads leading to See also:

Baltimore, See also:

Carlisle, York and See also:

Frederick, from which places the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal streets—sections of these roads—are named. Among its manuiantures are foundry and See also:

machine-See also:

SHOP

shop products, See also:

FLOUR

flour, See also:

SILK

silk, waggons, shoes, gloves, See also:

FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture, See also:

WIRE (A.S. wir, a wire; cf. Swed. vire, to twist, M.H.G. wiere, a gold ornament, Lat. viriae, armlets, ultimately from the root wi, to twist, bind)

wire See also:

CLOTH

cloth and cigars. The See also:

settlement of the See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place was begun mostly by Germans during the See also:

MIDDLE

middle of the 18th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century. Hanover was laid out in 1763 or 1764 by See also:

Col. See also:

Richard MacAllister; and in 1815 it was incorporated. On the 3oth of See also:

JUNE

June 1863 there was a See also:

CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry engagement in and near Hanover between the forces of Generals H. J.

See also:

Kilpatrick (See also:

Union) and J. E. B. See also:

Stuart (Confederate) preliminary to the See also:

BATTLE

battle of See also:

GETTYSBURG

Gettysburg. This engagement is commemorated by an equestrian statue erected in Hanover by the state.

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