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See also:NORTH See also:- ADAMS
- ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
- ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
- ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
- ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
- ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
- ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
- ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
- ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
- ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)
ADAMS , a See also:city of See also:Berkshire See also:county, See also:Massachusetts, U.S.A., situated at the junction of the N. and S. branches of the Hoosac See also:river, and the See also:Boston & See also:Maine (at the W. See also:terminus of the Hoosac See also:Tunnel) and the Boston & See also:Albany See also:railways, in the extreme N.W. See also:part of the See also:state. Pop. (1905) 22,150; (1910) 22,019. See also:Area, 19.9 sq. m. In the city are the villages of North Adams, Greylock and Blackinton. Within the city limits are a natural See also:bridge across See also:Hudson See also:Brook, 50-6o ft. high, and ruins of Fort Massachusetts, which was captured in 1746 by See also:French and See also:Indians under the command of See also:Pierre See also:Francois de See also:Rigaud, See also:Chevalier de Vaudreuil (1704-1772). North Adams is the seat of a state Normal School (1897). Among its manufactures are See also:cotton (especially See also:print) and woollen goods, and boots and shoes. In 1900 the factory products of the city were valued at $10,941,495, and in 1905 at $8,035,705. North Adams secured See also:incorporation as an See also:independent township in 1878. Township See also:government was abandoned and city government was organized in 1895; in 1900 part of See also:Williamstown was annexed.
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