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MARTINSBURGG , a See also:town and the See also:county-seat of See also:Berkeley county, See also:West See also:Virginia, U.S.A., about 74 M. W.N.W. of Washing-ton, D.C. Pop. (1890) 7226; (1900) 7564 (678 negroes); (1910) 10,698. It is served by the See also:Baltimore & See also:Ohio and the See also:Cumberland Valley See also:railways; the former has repair shops here. It lies in the See also:Lower See also:Shenandoah Valley at the See also:foot of Little See also:North See also:mountain, in the midst of a See also:fruit-growing region, peaches and apples being the See also:principal crops. See also:Slate and See also:limestone also abound in the vicinity. The town has a See also:fine Federal See also:Building and a 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's Daughters' See also:hospital. There are See also:grain See also:elevators, and various manufactures, including See also:hosiery, woollen goods, dressed See also:lumber, &c. Martinsburg owns its waterworks, the See also:supply being derived from a neighbouring See also:spring. A town was laid out here 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 before the See also:War of See also:Independence and was named Martinstown in See also:honour of See also:Colonel See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Bryan See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin, a See also:nephew of Thomas, See also:Lord See also:Fairfax (1692–1782); in 1778 it was incorporated under its See also:present name. During the See also:Civil War Martinsburg was occupied by several different See also:Union and Confederate forces.
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