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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 134 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PORT

PORT TOWNSEND , a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, port of entry and the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of See also:

Jefferson county, See also:

Washington, U.S.A., on See also:

QUIMPER

Quimper See also:

Peninsula, at the entrance to See also:

PUGET, PIERRE (1622-1694)

Puget See also:

Sound, about 40 M. N.N.W. of See also:

SEATTLE

Seattle. Pop. (1905), S300; (1910), 4181. The city is served by the Port Townsend See also:

SOUTHERN

Southern railway (controlled by the See also:

NORTHERN

Northern Pacific, but operated independently) and by steamship lines to See also:

Victoria (See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

COLUMBIA

Columbia), See also:

SAN

San Francisco, See also:

ALASKA

Alaska and See also:

ORIENTAL

Oriental ports. The See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour is 71 M. See also:

long and 32 M. wide, and is deep, well sheltered and protected by three forts, of which Fort Worden is an excellently equipped See also:

MODERN

modern fortification ranking with the forts at See also:

Portland (See also:

Maine), San Francisco, See also:

Boston and New See also:

York. The See also:

UNITED

United States See also:

government has at Port Townsend a customs-See also:

house, a See also:

revenue cutter service, a marine See also:

HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital, a See also:

QUARANTINE (Fr. quarantaine, a period of forty days 1)

quarantine station and an See also:

IMMIGRATION (from Lat. in, into, and tnigrare, to depart)

immigration See also:

BUREAU (a Fr. word from burel or bureau, a coarse cloth used for coverings)

bureau. Port Townsend is the port of entry for the Puget Sound customs See also:

DISTRICT

district. In 1908 its exports were valued at $37,547,553, much more than those of any other See also:

AMERICAN

American port of entry on the Pacific; its imports were valued in 1908 at $21,876,361, being exceeded among the Pacific ports by those of San Francisco only. The city has a considerable See also:

trade in See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain, See also:

LUMBER

lumber, See also:

fish, livestock, See also:

DAIRY

dairy products and oil; its manufactures include boilers, machinery and canned and pickled fish, especially See also:

salmon and See also:

HERRING (Clupea harengus, Haring in German, le hareng in French, sill in Swedish)

herring. Port Townsend was settled in 1854, incorporated as a See also:

TOWN

town in 1860 and chartered as a city in 1890.

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