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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 524 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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LEWISBURG , 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 and the 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-seat of See also:

Union county, See also:

Pennsylvania, U.S.A., on the W. See also:

BANK

bank of See also:

West See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

Branch of the Susquehanna See also:

RIVER

river, about 50 M. N. of See also:

HARRISBURG

Harrisburg. Pop. (190o) 3457 (6o See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born); (1910) 3081. It is served by the Pennsylvania and the See also:

PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia & See also:

READING

Reading See also:

RAILWAYS

railways. It is the seat of Bucknell University (coeducational), opened in 1846 as the university of Lewisburg and renamed in 1886 in See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

William Bucknell (1809-1890), a liberal benefactor. The university comprises a See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

College of Liberal Arts, an See also:

Academy for See also:

Young Men, an See also:

INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute for Young See also:

WOMEN

Women, and a School of See also:

MUSIC

Music, and in 1908—1909 had 50 instructors and 775 students, of whom 547 were in the College of Liberal Arts. The See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city is situated in a farming region, and has various manufactures, including See also:

FLOUR

flour, See also:

LUMBER

lumber, See also:

FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture, woollens, nails, foundry products and carriages. Lewisburg (until about 1805 called Derrstown) was founded and laid out in 1785 by See also:

Ludwig Derr, a See also:

German, and was chartered as a borough in 1812.

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