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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 812 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SHARPSBURG , a See also:

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:

ALLEGHENY

Allegheny 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 Allegheny See also:

RIVER

river, opposite the N.E. See also:

PART

part of Pitts-See also:

BURG

burg. Pop. (1900) 6842 (1280 See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born); (1910) 8153. Sharpsburg is served by the Pennsylvania and the See also:

Baltimore & See also:

OHIO

Ohio See also:

RAILWAYS

railways. See also:

COAL

Coal is See also:

MINED

mined in the vicinity. Among the manufactures are See also:

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

iron pipes, See also:

TRUCK

truck and See also:

bar iron, See also:

WIRE (A.S. wir, a wire; cf. Swed. vire, to twist, M.H.G. wiere, a gold ornament, Lat. viriae, armlets, ultimately from the root wi, to twist, bind)

wire, stoves, paint and lubricating oil. Sharpsburg was settled in 1826, was 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 See also:

James See also:

Sharp, the See also:

ORIGINAL

original proprietor, and was incorporated in 1841.

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