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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 323 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WARE , a township of See also:

Hampshire See also:county, See also:Massachusetts, U.S.A., traversed by the Ware See also:river, and about 25 M. E.N.E. of See also:Springfield. Pop. (188o) 4817, (1890) 7329, (1900) 8263, of whom 3263 were See also:foreign-See also:born, (1910 See also:census) 8774. See also:Area 29.3 sq. m. The township is served by the See also:Boston & See also:Albany and Boston & See also:Maine See also:railways, and by two interurban electric lines. Its See also:average See also:elevation is about 550 ft. above See also:sea-level. There is a public library (14,225 volumes in 1910). In 1905 the value of the factory products was $3,783,696, 23.2% more than in 1900. Among the manufactures are See also:cotton and woollen goods, and boots and shoes. The township owns and operates its waterworks. Because of its hard and rough See also:soil, Ware was not settled as See also:early as the surrounding townships, the first permanent See also:settlement being made in 1730.

It was incorporated in 1742 as a See also:

precinct, in 1761 as a See also:district (formed from parts of Brookfield, See also:Palmer and Western, now -See also:Warren, and certain See also:common lands), and in 1775 as a See also:separate township. In 1823 additions were made from Brookfield and Western.

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