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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 671 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PUTNAM , a See also:

city and the See also:county-seat of. See also:Windham county, See also:Connecticut, U.S.A., in the township of Putnam, on the Quinebaug See also:river, at the mouth of the See also:Mill river, in the N.E. See also:part of the See also:state, about 6 m. from the Rhode See also:Island boundary and about 71 M. from that of See also:Massachusetts. Pop. (1900), of the See also:town-See also:ship (including the city), 7348; of the city, 6667 (2012 being See also:foreign See also:born); (1910) 6637. Putnam is at the intersection of two branches of the New See also:York, New Haven & See also:Hartford railway, and is connected by electric See also:line with See also:Worcester, See also:Norwich and See also:Providence. The city is the seat of two See also:Roman See also:Catholic institutions, St See also:Mary's See also:Convent and Notre See also:Dame See also:Academy, and has a public library and an endowed See also:hospital. The Quinebaug and Mill See also:rivers 'provide excellent See also:water-See also:power. The township (named in See also:honour of See also:General See also:Israel Putnam) was incorporated in 1855, and the city was chartered in 1895.

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