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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 306 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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RICHFIELD SPRINGS , a See also:

VILLAGE

village of Richfield township, Otsego 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, New See also:

York, U.S.A., about 22 M. S.S.E. of See also:

UTICA

Utica and 4 m. N. of See also:

SCHUYLER, PHILIP JOHN (1733–1804)

Schuyler (or Candarago) See also:

lake. Pop. (189o) 1623; (1900) 1537; (1905) 1684; (1910) 1503. It is served by the See also:

DELAWARE

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railway, and by the See also:

ONEONTA

Oneonta & See also:

MOHAWK

Mohawk Valley electric See also:

LINE

line connecting with the New York Central railway at See also:

HERKIMER

Herkimer. The village is situated in a farming See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, about 1700 ft. above See also:

sea-level. Knit goods are manufactured, but the importance of the See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place is due to its See also:

SULPHUR

sulphur springs, the See also:

WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters of which are used for the treatment of skin diseases, See also:

GOUT

gout, See also:

RHEUMATISM (from Gr. /56µa, flux)

rheumatism, etc., and to the tonic See also:

air and See also:

FINE

fine scenery. In 1908 a Welsh See also:

EISTEDDFOD (plural Eisteddfodau)

eisteddfod was held here in Earlington See also:

Park. The first hotels were built between 182o and 1830. A See also:

POST

post See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office was established here in 1829, and the village was incorporated in 1861.

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