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MILFORD , a township of See also:Worcester See also:county, See also:Massachusetts, U.S.A., about 16 m. S.E. of Worcester. Pop. (1890), 878o; (19oo) 11,376, of whom 3342 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910 See also:census) 13,055. Within its See also:area of about 15 sq. m. are a large rural See also:population and the See also:village of Milford, on the See also:Charles See also:river, about 33 M. S.W. of See also:Boston, served by the Boston & See also:Albany, the New See also:York, New Haven & See also:Hartford and the See also:Grafton & Upton See also:railways (the last named having its passenger See also:department operated by See also:electricity and its See also:freight by See also:steam, and connecting Milford with See also:North Grafton), and by inter-See also:urban electric lines. The village has a memorial 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, See also:housing the public library, and in the See also:town-See also:ship there is an excellent See also:hospital, the See also:gift of Eben. S. See also:Draper. The village is a See also:shipping point for an agricultural and manufacturing See also:district. In 1905 the value of the township's factory products was $3,390,504 (32.8% more than in 190o). The most important manufactures are boots and shoes; the See also:industry was established in 1795, and for many years the See also:special product was brogans for See also:Southern negroes. In 1908 there were 12 large See also:granite quarries in the township (north and north-See also:east of the village). Milford granite is the typical See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone of an area reaching into Rhode See also:Island See also:south of the southern boundary of See also:Providence county; it is a See also:biotite granite of See also:post-See also:Cambrian See also:age, is generally pinkish-See also:- GRAY
- GRAY (or GREY), WALTER DE (d. 1255)
- GRAY, ASA (1810-1888)
- GRAY, DAVID (1838-1861)
- GRAY, ELISHA (1835-1901)
- GRAY, HENRY PETERS (1819-18/7)
- GRAY, HORACE (1828–1902)
- GRAY, JOHN DE (d. 1214)
- GRAY, JOHN EDWARD (1800–1875)
- GRAY, PATRICK GRAY, 6TH BARON (d. 1612)
- GRAY, ROBERT (1809-1872)
- GRAY, SIR THOMAS (d. c. 1369)
- GRAY, THOMAS (1716-1771)
gray in See also:colour (owing to the large proportion of feldspar among its constituents), and is widely used for See also:building purposes. The township was the east See also:precinct of Mendon until 178o, when it was incorporated; in 1835 parts of Holliston and Hopkinton were annexed; in 1886 a See also:part was separated as See also:Hopedale.
See Adin See also:Ballou, See also:History of Milford (Boston, 1882) ; and T. See also:Nelson See also:Dale, The See also:Chief Commercial Granites of Massachusetts, New See also:Hampshire and Rhode Island (See also:Washington, 1908), Bulletin 354 of the U.S. See also:Geological Survey.
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