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area 13.09 sq. m. in 1906. Pop. (1890) of the township, including the city, 19,007; of the city, 16,519; (1900) of the township, including the city, 28,202; of the city, 25,998. of whom 9293 were See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born, including 1869 Irish and 1811 Swedes, who have a weekly published here; (1910 See also:

CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 43,916. It is served by the N'ew See also:

York, New Haven & Hartford railway, and by several inter-See also:

urban electric See also:

RAILWAYS

railways. The city is the seat of a state normal school, and has a See also:

FREE

free public library, formerly the New Britain See also:

INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute, and a public See also:

park of about too acres. New Britain is an important manufacturing centre; its See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal products are hardware, See also:

CUTLERY (Fr. coutellerie, from the Lat. cultellus, a little knife)

cutlery and edge tools, See also:

HOSIERY

hosiery, and foundry and See also:

machine See also:

SHOP

shop products. In 1905 the See also:

capital invested in manufacturing was $19,979,712 (an increase of 45.1 % since 190o) and the value of the factoryproducts was $14,959,543 (an increase of 34.8%). More than one-See also:

HALF

half of the product-value was in hardware ($7,537,625). New Britain, which was settled in 1687, was originally a See also:

PART

part of the township of Farmington. On See also:

account of ecclesiastical difficulties the " New Britain Society "—a See also:

PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish—was organized in 1754. New Britain became a part of See also:

Berlin when that See also:

TOWN

town-See also:

SHIP

ship was established in 1785.

In 1850 the township of New Britain was incorporated, and in 1871 the city was chartered. By See also:

ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of the state legislature in 1905 the township of New Britain and the city of New Britain were co_ aolidated; the first See also:

election under the new See also:

CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter was in See also:

APRIL

April 1906. The city was one of the first in the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country to build a municipal subway for electric See also:

LIGHT

light, See also:

TELEPHONE (Gr. rjXs, far, and dxwvr7, voice)

telephone and See also:

TELEGRAPH (Gr. Tike, far, and rypaq5eiv, to write)

telegraph wires. See D. N. See also:

CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

Camp's See also:

HISTORY

History of New Britain (New Britain, 1889).

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