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WILKINSBURG , 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., immediately E. of See also:

Pittsburg, of which it is a residential suburb. Pop. (189o) 4662; (1900) 11,886, of whom 1336 were See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born and 275 were negroes; (19ro See also:

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

census) 18,924. Wilkinsburg is served by the Pennsylvania railway and by interurban electric lines. It is a See also:

POST

post-station of Pittsburg. In the borough are a See also:

Home for Aged Protestants (1882), the See also:

UNITED

United Presbyterian Home for the Aged (1879), and See also:

COLUMBIA

Columbia See also:

HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital (1908). Settled in 1798 and known first as McNairville and then as Rippeyville, the See also:

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

place was renamed about 1840 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:

William See also:

Wilkins (1779–1865), a member of the United States See also:

SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

Senate in 1831–1834, See also:

MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister to See also:

Russia in 1834–1835, a representative in See also:

CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress in 1843–1844, and secretary of See also:

war in See also:

PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

President See also:

John See also:

Tyler's See also:

CABINET

cabinet in 1844–1845. In 1887 Wilkinsburg was incorporated as a borough.

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