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NEWTON , a See also:city of See also:Middlesex See also:county, See also:Massachusetts, U.S.A., Io m. W. of See also:Boston, on the S. See also:bank of the See also:Charles See also:river, which See also:borders it for 16 m. Pop. (188o) 16,495; (1890) 24,379; (1900) 33,587, of whom 1o,o68 were See also:foreign-See also:born, 19,006 of foreign parentage and 505 were negroes; (1910, See also:census) 39,806. Newton is served by the Boston & See also:Albany railway. The city, with an See also:area of 17.98 sq. m., contains 15 villages. In Newton, the most prominent of these villages, is a 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:terrace See also:monument to See also:John See also:Eliot, erected on the site of Waban's See also:wigwam near Nonantum 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, where Eliot founded the first See also:Indian 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 on the 28th of See also:October 1646—the Nonantum See also:Indians, under their See also:chief Waban, removed to See also:Natick in 1651. On Institution Hill, Newton Centre, is the first Baptist theological See also:seminary in See also:America, Newton Theological Institution, founded in 1825. Here also is the See also:residence of See also:Samuel See also:Francis See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith (1808-1895), author of " America " and several missionary See also:hymns, and pastor here in 1842-1854. In Newton Upper Falls, See also:Echo See also:Bridge (of the Boston See also:Aqueduct) crosses the Charles near the falls in See also:Hemlock See also:Gorge See also:Reservation of the See also:Metropolitan See also:Park See also:system. Auburndale is the seat of Lasell Seminary for See also:Young See also:Women, founded in 1851 by See also:Edward Lasell (1809-1852). Other of the villages are Newtonville, See also:West Newton and Newton See also:Highlands. The city of Newton is primarily a residential suburb of Boston; along the Charles is a See also:part (191.12 acres) of the Charles River Reservation of the Metropolitan Park system, and the city has several attractive public parks, including Norumbega Park, on the See also:banks of the river, with a large open-See also:air See also:theatre; boating, especially canoeing, on the river is very popular. The city has a public library, a high school and a technical high school. Among its manufactures are foundry and See also:machine See also:shop products, worsted goods and See also:electrical apparatus; the factories utilize the See also:water See also:power of the falls. The value of the manufactured product in 1905 was $4,140,996. The region was settled as a part of See also:Cambridge in 163o and was called See also:South See also:Side (i.e. of the Charles), Nonantum (the Indian name), Cambridge See also:Village, Little Cambridge or New Cambridge; in 1688 it was incorporated as a See also:separate See also:town and in 1691 received its See also:present name; it annexed an See also:island in the Charles in 1803; parts of it were annexed to See also:Roxbury (1838) and See also:Waltham (1849); it became a city in 1873; and in 1875 it annexed a part of Boston, with which there have been several more See also:recent boundary adjustments.
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