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MARLBOROUGH , a See also:city of See also:Middlesex See also:county, See also:Massachusetts, U.S.A., about 28 M. W. of See also:Boston. Pop. (19oo), 13,609 (3311 were See also:foreign-See also:born); (191o), 14,579; it is served by the Boston & See also:Maine and the New See also:York New Haven & See also:Hartford See also:railways, and by inter-See also:urban electric lines. The city, with a See also:total See also:area of 21.08 sq. m., lies in a fertile hilly See also:country, and contains several ponds, including the beautiful See also:Williams See also:Pond, which covers i sq. m. A public library was established here in 1792; it was housed in a new See also:building in 1904. Other public buildings are the city See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, the Federal building and a See also:state armoury. There is a boarding school for girls, St See also:Ann's See also:Academy (1887), under the direction of the Sisters of St Ann. The city's importance is See also:industrial; in 1905 its factory product was valued at $7,468,849 (an increase of 66% since 'goo), of which 88.6% was the value of boots and shoes. Whether the city is named from See also:Marl-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 in See also:Wiltshire, or, as seems more probable, because of See also:early spellings " Marlberg " and " Marlbridge," from the presence of marl in the neighbourhood, is uncertain. Settlers from See also:Sudbury in 1665 took See also:possession of a 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 called by the See also:Indians Whipsuffenicke and gradually hemmed in the See also:Christian See also:Indian See also:village of Ockoocangansett (or Ognoikonguamescitt), on an adjoining hill still bearing this name. The See also:town was incorporated in 166o. It was destroyed by Indians in See also:March 1676, during See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip's See also:war, and was abandoned for a See also:year. See also:West-borough was separated from it in 1717, Southborough in 1727, and a See also:part of See also:Berlin in 1784; parts of it were annexed to See also:North-borough in 1807, to See also:Bolton in 1829 and to See also:Hudson in 1866; and it annexed parts of See also:Framingham in 1791, and of Southborough in 1843. In 1890 it was incorporated as a city.
See S. A. See also:Drake, See also:History of Middlesex County, ii. 137 sqq., " Marlborough " by Rev. R. S. See also:Griffin and E. L. See also:Bigelow (Boston, 188o).
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