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NEWBURYPORT , a See also:city and See also:port of entry and one of the See also:county-seats of See also:Essex county, See also:Massachusetts, U.S.A., on the S. See also:bank of the See also:Merrimac See also:river, about 3 M. above its mouth, and about 38 m. N.N.E. of See also:Boston. Pop. (189o) 13,947; (1900) 14,478, of whom 2863 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910 See also:census) 14,949. See also:Area, about 12.85 sq. m. The city is served by two divisions of the Boston & See also:Maine railroad, and by See also:coast and river See also:freight steamers. There are many houses dating back to the 17th See also:century; of these the 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 " See also:garrison" See also:house (in See also:Newbury), with walls 4 ft. thick and built in the See also:form of a See also:cross, is an interesting example. Other private houses worthy of mention are the former homes of " See also:Lord " See also:Timothy See also:Dexter and See also:Caleb See also:Cushing, the birthplace of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Lloyd Garrison, and (31 M. from Newburyport in the township of See also:West Newbury) See also:Indian 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 See also:Farm, the birthplace of the journalist See also:Ben Perley See also:Poore (182o-1887), author of Perley's Reminiscences of Sixty Years in the See also:National See also:Metropolis (r886). Among the public buildings and institutions are the Marine Museum, the Public Library (founded in 1854 by See also:Josiah Little and containing about 45,000 volumes), the old See also:Tracy See also:mansion (built in 1771 or 1772), which forms See also:part of the Public Library See also:building, the See also:Anna Jacques and Homoeopathic hospitals, homes for aged See also:women and men, a See also:Home for Destitute See also:Children, Old See also:South See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church, in which is the See also:tomb of See also:George See also:Whitefield, and the See also:Young Men's See also:Christian Association building, which is a memorial to George See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry Corliss (1817-1888), the inventor, erected by his widow, a native of Newburyport. The See also:General Charity Society is a benevolent association. The city has a See also:good public school See also:system. The See also:Female High School was opened in 1843 and is said to be the first high school for girls to be established in the See also:United States. The See also:Putnam See also:Free School, now part of the public school system, was endowed See also:early in the 19th century by See also:Oliver Putnam of Newburyport and afterwards of See also:Hampstead, New See also:Hampshire. Three parks, See also:Washington, Cushing and See also:Atkinson, are maintained by the city; and there are a statue of George Washington (1879), by J. Q. A. See also:- WARD
- WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
- WARD, ARTEMUS
- WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
- WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
- WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
- WARD, JAMES (1843– )
- WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
- WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
- WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
- WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
- WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)
Ward, one of William Lloyd Garrison by D. C. See also:French, and a memorial to the soldiers and sailors of the See also:Civil See also:War—a See also:bronze statue, " The Volunteer "—by Mrs Theo (Ruggles) Kitson. A curious See also:chain suspension See also:bridge across the Merrimac, connecting Newburyport with See also:Amesbury, was built in 1827, replacing a similar bridge built in 181o, which was one of the first suspension See also:bridges in See also:America.
Newburyport in the early part of the 18th century was one of the most prosperous commercial centres in New See also:England. At that 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 fishing, whaling and See also:shipbuilding were its See also:principal See also:industries, the clipper See also:ships built here being among the fastest and best known on the seas. After the Civil War manufacturing became Newburyport's See also:chief See also:interest. In 1905 its factory product was valued at $6,809,979, an increase of 32.5% since Igloo; 57.6% was in boots and shoes, and the manufactures of combs and silverware, silversmithing products, See also:cotton goods and See also:electrical supplies are also important.
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