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NORTHAMPTON , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Hampshire county, See also:Massachusetts, U.S.A., situated on the See also:Connecticut See also:river, about 16 m. N. of See also:Springfield. Pop. (1910 See also:census) 19,431. The city has an See also:area of 35.3 sq. m. The See also:chief See also:village, Northampton, is on the New See also:York, New Haven & See also:Hartford; and the See also:Boston & See also:Maine See also:railways. It lies on the border of the meadow-See also:land, and with its irregular, semi-rural streets, and See also:- VENERABLE (Lat. venerabilis, worthy of reverence, venerari, to reverence, to worship, allied to Venus, love; the Indo-Germ. root is wen-, to desire, whence Eng. " win, properly to struggle for, hence to gain)
venerable trees is considered one of the prettiest villages in New See also:England. About 2 m. S.E. of Northampton is See also:Mount See also:Holyoke (954 ft.), which may be ascended by See also:carriage road and See also:mountain railway, and the See also:summit of which commands a magnificent view. The city is the seat of a See also:state See also:hospital for the insane;
of the See also:- CLARKE, ADAM (1762?—1832)
- CLARKE, CHARLES COWDEN (1787-1877)
- CLARKE, EDWARD DANIEL (1769–1822)
- CLARKE, JAMES FREEMAN (1810–1888)
- CLARKE, JOHN SLEEPER (1833–1899)
- CLARKE, MARCUS ANDREW HISLOP (1846–1881)
- CLARKE, MARY ANNE (c.1776–1852)
- CLARKE, SAMUEL (1675–1729)
- CLARKE, SIR ANDREW (1824-1902)
- CLARKE, SIR EDWARD GEORGE (1841– )
- CLARKE, THOMAS SHIELDS (1866- )
- CLARKE, WILLIAM BRANWHITE (1798-1878)
Clarke School for the See also:Deaf (1867, founded by See also:John of the county with See also:Leicester, See also:Rutland and See also:Lincoln. The Clarke of Northampton); of 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 See also:College, one of the foremost
colleges for See also:women in the See also:country; of the See also:Mary A. Burnham School for Girls (1877), a preparatory school chiefly for Smith College, founded by See also:Miss Mary A. Burnham; and of the Miss Capen School (preparatory) for girls. Besides the college library, there are in Northampton two public See also:libraries, the Clarke (185o) and the See also:Forbes (1894). The Forbes library was established with funds See also:left by See also:Charles E. Forbes (1795–1881), from 1848 to 1881 a See also:justice of the state supreme See also:court. The See also:People's See also:Institute was started as a See also:Home-Culture Clubs See also:movement by See also:George W. See also:Cable, who became a See also:resident of Northampton in 1886. The Smith Charities is a See also:peculiar institution, endowed by See also:Oliver Smith (1766–1845) of See also:Hatfield, who left an See also:estate valued at $370,000, to be administered by a See also:board of three trustees, chosen by See also:electors representing the towns of Northampton, See also:Hadley, Hatfield, See also:Amherst and See also:Williamsburg in Hampshire county and See also:Greenfield and See also:Whately in See also:Franklin county—the beneficiaries of the will. The will was contested by Smith's heirs, but in 1847 was sustained by the supreme judicial court of Massachusetts. Of the See also:total sum, $200,000 was to accumulate until it became $400,000. Of this $30,000 was to found Smith's Agricultural School at Northampton, which opened for instruction in 1908; an income of $1o,000 was to be paid to the See also:American Colonization Society, but this society failed to comply with the restrictions imposed by the will, and the $1o,000 was incorporated with the Agricultural School fund; and $360,000 was devoted to indigent boys and girls, indigent See also:young women and indigent widows. The See also:remainder of Smith's See also:property was constituted a contingent fund to defray expenses and keep the See also:principal funds intact. See also:Florence, a village on the See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
Mill river in the city limits, is a manufacturing village, See also:silk being its principal product, and See also:cutlery and brushes being of See also:minor importance. The value of the city's factory products increased from $4,706,820 in 'goo to $5,756,381 in 1905, or 22.3%. Northampton was first settled in 16J4, became a township in 1656, and was incorporated as a city in 1883. In See also:September 1786, at the 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 of the See also:Shays See also:Rebellion, the New Hampshire See also:Gazette (still published; daily edition since 189o) was established here in the See also:interest of the state See also:administration. See also:Jonathan See also:- EDWARDS, AMELIA ANN BLANDFORD (1831-1892)
- EDWARDS, BELA BATES (18o2-1852)
- EDWARDS, BRYAN (1743–1800)
- EDWARDS, GEORGE (1693–1773)
- EDWARDS, HENRY THOMAS (1837–1884)
- EDWARDS, JONATHAN (1703—1758)
- EDWARDS, LEWIS (1806–1887 )
- EDWARDS, RICHARD (c. 1523–1566)
- EDWARDS, T
- EDWARDS, THOMAS CHARLES (1837–1900)
Edwards was pastor here from 1727 to 1750. See also:Caleb Strong (1745–1819), a member of the Federal Constitutional See also:Convention of 1787, and See also:governor of Massachusetts in 1800–1807 and 1812–1816; See also:Joseph See also:Hawley (1723–1788), one of the most prominent patriots of western Massachusetts; See also:Timothy See also:Dwight; See also:Arthur (1786–1865), See also:Benjamin, and See also:Lewis (1788–1873) Tappan, prominent philanthropists and See also:anti-See also:slavery men; and 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 D. See also:Whitney were natives of Northampton.
See J. R. See also:Trumbull, See also:History of Northampton (2 vols., Northampton, 1898–1902).
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