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HOPEDALE , a township of See also:Worcester See also:county, See also:Massachusetts,
U.S.A.; pop. (19o5; See also:state See also:census) 2048; (-1910) .2188. It is
served by the See also:Milford & See also:Uxbridge (electric) See also:street railway, and
(for See also:freight) by the See also:Grafton & Upton railway. The See also:town lies
in the " See also:dale " between Milford and Mendon, and is cut from
N.W. to S.E. by the See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
Mill See also:river, which furnishes See also:good waterpower at its falls. The See also:principal manufactures are textiles, boots and shoes, and, of most importance, See also:cotton machinery. The See also:great cotton machinery factories here are owned by the See also:Draper See also:Company. Hopedale has a public See also:park on the site of the See also:Ballou See also:homestead, with a See also:bronze statue of Adin Ballou; a memorial See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church erected by See also:George A. and Eben S. Draper; the See also:Bancroft Memorial Library, given by See also:Joseph B. Bancroft in memory of his wife; and a See also:marble drinking See also:fountain with statuary by See also:Waldo See also:Story, the See also:gift of Susan See also:Preston Draper, See also:General W. F. Draper's wife. The See also:village is remarkable for the comfortable cottages of the workers.
The See also:history of Hopedale centres See also:round the Rev. Adin Ballou (1803-1890), a distant relative of See also:Hosea Ballou;' he See also:left, in See also:succession, the See also:ministry of the See also:Christian Connexion (1823) and that of the Universalist Church (1831), because of his restorationist views. In 1831 he became pastor of an See also:independent church in Mendon. An ardent exponent of See also:temperance, the See also:anti-See also:slavery See also:movement, woman's rights, the See also:peace cause and Christian non-resistance (even through the See also:Civil See also:War), and of " See also:Practical Christian See also:Socialism," it was in the interests of the last cause that he founded Hopedale, or "Fraternal Community No. 1," in Milford, in See also:April 1842, the first compact of the community having been See also:drawn up in See also:January 1841. See also:Thirty persons joined with him, and lived in a single See also:house on a poor See also:farm of 258 acres, See also:purchased in See also:June 1841. Ballou was for several years the See also:president of the community, which was run on the See also:plan that all should have an equal See also:voice as to the use of See also:property, in spite of the fact that there was individual holding of property. The community, however, owned the See also:instruments of See also:production, with the single exception of the important patent rights held by Ebenezer D. Draper. The result was bickerings between those who were See also:joint stockholders and those whose only profit came from their See also:manual labour. In a See also:short 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 the See also:control of the community came into the hands of its richest members, E. D. Draper and his See also:brother, George Draper (1817-1887), who owned three-fourths of the joint stock. In 1856 there was a See also:total deficit of about $12,000. The Draper See also:brothers bought up the joint stock of the community at See also:par and paid its debts, and the community soon ceased to exist See also:save as a religious society. After George Draper's See also:death the control of the See also:mills passed to his sons.. These included General 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 See also:Franklin Draper (1842-1910), a Republican representative in See also:Congress in 1892-1897 and U.S. See also:ambassador to See also:Italy in 1897-1900, and Eben See also:Sumner Draper (b. 1858), See also:lieutenant-See also:governor of Massachusetts in 1906-1908 and governor in 1909-1911. In 1867 the community was merged with Hopedale See also:parish, a Unitarian organization. Hopedale was separated from Milford and incorporated as a township in 1886.
See Adin Ballou's History of Milford (See also:Boston, 1882), his History of the Hopedale Community, edited by William S. See also:Heywood (See also:Lowell, 1897), his See also:Biography by the same editor (Lowell, 1896) and his Practical and Christian Socialism (Hopedale, 1854) ; George L. See also:Carey, " Adin Ballou and the Hopedale Community " (in the New See also:World, vol. vii., 1898) ; See also:Lewis G. See also:- WILSON, ALEXANDER (1766-1813)
- WILSON, HENRY (1812–1875)
- WILSON, HORACE HAYMAN (1786–1860)
- WILSON, JAMES (1742—1798)
- WILSON, JAMES (1835— )
- WILSON, JAMES HARRISON (1837– )
- WILSON, JOHN (1627-1696)
- WILSON, JOHN (178 1854)
- WILSON, ROBERT (d. 1600)
- WILSON, SIR DANIEL (1816–1892)
- WILSON, SIR ROBERT THOMAS (1777—1849)
- WILSON, SIR WILLIAM JAMES ERASMUS
- WILSON, THOMAS (1663-1755)
- WILSON, THOMAS (c. 1525-1581)
- WILSON, WOODROW (1856— )
Wilson, " Hopedale and Its Founder " (in The New See also:England See also:Magazine, vol. a., 1891) and William F. Draper, Recollections of a Varied Career (Boston, 1908).
See also:HOPE-See also:SCOTT, See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
JAMES See also:ROBERT (1812-1873), See also:English See also:barrister and Tractarian, was See also:born on the 15th of See also:July 1812, at Great See also:Marlow, See also:Berkshire, the third son of See also:Sir See also:Alexander Hope, and See also:grandson of the second See also:earl of Hopetoun. He was educated at See also:Eton and See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, where he was a contemporary and friend of See also:Gladstone and J. H. See also:Newman, and in 1838 was called to the See also:bar. Between 1840 and 1843 he helped to found Trinity See also:College, See also:Glenalmond. He was one of the leaders of the Tractarian movement and entirely in Newman's confidence. In'1851 he was received with See also:Manning into the See also:Roman See also:Catholic church. At this time he was making a very large income at the See also:Parliamentary bar. He only commenced serious practice in this See also:branch of his profession in 1843, but by the end of 1845 he stood at the See also:head of it and in 184g was made a See also:Queen's Counsel. In 1847 he married See also:Miss See also:Lockhart, granddaughter of Sir See also:Walter Scott, and on her coming into See also:possession of See also:Abbotsford six years later,
Adin Ballou wrote An Elaborate History and See also:Genealogy of the Ballow in See also:America (See also:Providence, R.I., 1888).
assumed the surname of Hope-Scott. He retired from the bar established the See also:Swedish See also:Academy, he gave See also:Hopken the first in 187o and died on the 29th of April 1873.
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