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born); (191o), 1866; of the township, (190o), 3045; (191o), 2848. Middlebury is served by the Rutland railroad. It is picturesquely situated near the See also:

Green See also:

Mountain range, and is the seat of Middlebury See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

College (chartered, 1800; co-educational since 1883),which offers a classical course and a Latin-scientific course, and had in 1907-1908 12 instructors and 203 students (84 of whom were See also:

WOMEN

women), and a library of 35,000 volumes. The See also:

Sheldon See also:

art museum and a public library are among the public institutions of the village, and the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal buildings include the See also:

court-See also:

house and the See also:

OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera-house. The principal See also:

INDUSTRIAL

industrial establishments are See also:

MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble quarries, " See also:

ITALIAN

Italian " marble See also:

WORKS

works, See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron foundries, See also:

lime-kilns, See also:

FLOUR

flour-See also:

mills, and See also:

DOOR (corresponding to the Gr. Bbpa,. Lat. fores or valvae; the English word, with other forms common in allied languages, comes from the same Indo-European stem as the Gr. Obpa and Lat. fares)

door, See also:

SASH

sash and See also:

LUMBER

lumber mills. About x m. See also:

north of the village, in the township of See also:

WEYBRIDGE

Weybridge, there is a large See also:

UNITED

United States See also:

government breeding station for See also:

Morgan horses; and See also:

MERINO

merino See also:

sheep are raised in the vicinity. The township of Middlebury was incorporated in 1761, and the first See also:

settlement on the site of the See also:

PRESENT

present village was made in 1773. At the outbreak of the See also:

War of-See also:

Independence the settlement was deserted, and all except two or three of the houses were destroyed by See also:

BRITISH

British troops; but the settlers returned soon after the See also:

close of the war, and the township was formally organized and sent a• member to the See also:

state See also:

ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly in 1788. Middlebury was incorporated as a See also:

borough in 1813, and as a village in 1832.

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