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LENOX , a township of See also:Berkshire See also:county, See also:Massachusetts, U.S.A. Pop. (1900) 2942, (1905) 3058; (1910) 3060. See also:Area, 19.2 sq. m. The See also:principal See also:village, also named Lenox (or Lenoxon-the-Heights), lies about 2 M. W. of the Housatonic See also:river, at an See also:altitude of about r000 ft., and about it are high hills—Yokun Seat (2080 ft.), See also:South See also:Mountain (1200 ft.), Bald See also:Head (1583 ft.), and See also:Rattlesnake See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill (154o ft.). New Lenox and Lenoxdale are other villages in the township. Lenox is a See also:fashion-able summer and autumn resort, much frequented by wealthy See also:people from See also:Washington, See also:Newport and New See also:York. There are innumerable lovely walks and drives in the surrounding region, which contains some of the most beautiful See also:country of the Berkshires—hills, lakes, charming intervales and See also:woods. As See also:early as 1835 Lenox began to attract summer residents. In the next See also:decade began the creation of large estates, although the See also:great holdings of the See also:present See also:day, and the villas scattered over the hills, are comparatively See also:recent features. The height of the See also:season is in the autumn, when there are See also:horse-shows, See also:golf, See also:tennis, hunts and other outdoor amusements. The Lenox library (1855) contained about 20,000' volumes in 1908. Lenox was settled about 175o, was included in See also:Richmond township in 1765, and became an See also:independent township in 1767. The names were those of See also:Sir See also:Charles See also:Lennox, third See also:duke of Richmond and of Lennox (1735-1806), one of the staunch See also:friends of the See also:American colonies during the See also:War of See also:Independence. Lenox was the county-seat from 1787 to 1868. It has See also:literary associations with See also:Catherine M. See also:Sedgwick (1789–1867), who passed here the second See also:half of her See also:life; with Nathaniel See also:Hawthorne, whose brief See also:residence here (1850–1851) was marked by the See also:production of the Houseof the Seven Gables and the Wonder See also:Book; with Fanny See also:Kemble, a summer See also:resident. from 1836–1853; and with See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:- WARD
- WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
- WARD, ARTEMUS
- WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
- WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
- WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
- WARD, JAMES (1843– )
- WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
- WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
- WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
- WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
- WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)
Ward See also:Beecher (see his See also:Star Papers). See also:Elizabeth (Mrs Charles) Sedgwick, the See also:sister-in-See also:law of Catherine Sedgwick, maintained here from 1828 to 1864 a school for girls, in which Harriet See also:Hosmer, the sculptor, and Maria S. Cummins (1827–1866), the novelist, were educated; and in Lenox See also:academy (1803), a famous classical school (now. a public high school) were educated W. L. See also:Yancey, A. H. See also:Stephens; See also:Mark See also:Hopkins and See also:David. See also:Davis (1815–1886), a See also:circuit See also:judge of See also:Illinois from 1848 to '862, a See also:justice (1862–1877) of the See also:United States Supreme See also:Court, a Republican member of the United States See also:Senate from Illinois in 1877–1883, and See also:president of the Senate from the 31st of See also:October 1881, when . he succeeded See also:Chester A. See also:Arthur, until the 3rd of See also:March 1883. There is a statue commemorating See also:General See also:John See also:Paterson (1744-ISoS) a soldier from Lenox in the War of Independence.
See R. de W. Mallary, Lenox and the Berkshire See also:Highlands (1902); J. C. See also:- ADAMS
- ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
- ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
- ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
- ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
- ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
- ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
- ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
- ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
- ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)
Adams, Nature Studies in Berkshire; C. F. See also:Warner, Picturesque Berkshire (1896) ; and Katherine M. See also:Abbott, Old Paths and Legends of the New See also:England Border (1907).
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