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BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough of See also:

MERCER (through Fr. mercier, from popular Lat. mercerius, a dealer, merx, merces, merchandise)

Mercer 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, See also:

Pennsylvania, U.S.A., on the Shenango See also:

RIVER

river, about 70 M. by See also:

RAIL

rail N.N.W. of See also:

Pittsburg. Pop. (1900) 8916, of whom 18o5 were See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born and 113 were negroes; (1910 U.S. See also:

CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 15,270. Sharon is served by the See also:

ERIE

Erie, the See also:

Lake See also:

SHORE

Shore & See also:

Michigan See also:

SOUTHERN

Southern, and the Pennsylvania (Erie and Pittsburg See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division) See also:

RAILWAYS

railways. Sharon has an excellent public school See also:

SYSTEM

system, and the F. H. Buhl See also:

CLUB (connected with " clump ")

Club (1903) is a social and educational institution, named in See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of its founder, an See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron manufacturer of the borough. The borough has blast furnaces and See also:

ROLLING

rolling-See also:

mills; and iron and See also:

STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel products, See also:

TIN (Lat.- stannum, whence the chemical symbol " Sn "; atomic weight =117.6, 0=16)

tin-See also:

PLATE

plate and terne-plate are its See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal manufactures. The See also:

TOTAL

total value of factory products in 1905 was $4,776,914, being 26'9% more than in 1900. Sharon and See also:

South Sharon (pop. by U.S. census in 1910, 10,190), which was separately incorporated as a borough in 1901, See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form what is virtually a single See also:

INDUSTRIAL

industrial community. Sharon was first settled in 1795, but was only a small See also:

VILLAGE

village when a See also:

MOVEMENT

movement for developing the See also:

COAL

coal-mines in the vicinity was begun in 1836. It was incorporated as a borough in 1841.

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