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MANSFIELD , a See also:

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

city 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 Richland county, See also:

OHIO

Ohio, U.S.A., about 65 m. S.W. of See also:

Cleveland. Pop. (1890), 13,473; (1900), 17,640, of whom 1781 were See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born; (1910 See also:

CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census), 20,768. It is served by the See also:

Pennsylvania (See also:

Pittsburg, Ft See also:

WAYNE, ANTHONY (1745-1796)

Wayne & See also:

Chicago See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division), the See also:

ERIE

Erie, and the See also:

Baltimore & Ohio See also:

RAILWAYS

railways. It is built on an See also:

EMINENCE (Lat. eminentia)

eminence (1150 ft.), and has two public parks, a substantial See also:

court-See also:

house, a soldiers' and sailors' memorial See also:

BUILDING

building, a public library, a See also:

HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital and many See also:

FINE

fine residences. It is the seat of the Ohio See also:

state reformatory. Mansfield has an extensive See also:

trade with the surrounding agricultural See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, but its largest interests are in manufactures. The See also:

TOTAL

total factory product in 1905 was valued at $7,353,578. There are natural See also:

GAS

gas See also:

wells in the vicinity. The waterworks and the sewage disposal plant are owned and operated by the See also:

MUNICIPALITY

municipality. Mansfield was laid out in 18o8, and was named 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 Lieut.-See also:

COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel Jared Mansfield (1759-1830), See also:

UNITED

United States surveyor of Ohio and the See also:

North-See also:

west Territory in 1803-1812, and See also:

PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of natural and experimental See also:

PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy at West Point from 1812 to 1828.

Mansfield was incorporated as a See also:

VILLAGE

village in 1828 and was first chartered as a city in 1857. It was the See also:

home of See also:

John See also:

Sherman from 184o until his See also:

DEATH

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