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WORCESTER , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of Worcester county, See also:Massachusetts, U.S.A., about 44 M. W. of See also:Boston on the See also:Blackstone See also:river, a See also:branch of the See also:Providence river. Pop. (1900) 118,421 (37,652 See also:foreign-See also:born); (1905, See also:state See also:census) 128,135; (1910) 145,986. See also:Area, 39 sq. m. Worcester is served by the Boston & See also:Albany, the New See also:York, New Haven & See also:Hartford and the Boston & See also:Maine See also:railways, and is connected with See also:Springfield and Boston by interurban electric lines. The See also:park See also:system of the city comprises about twenty tracts with a See also:total area of more than r too acres; among them are See also:Elm Park (88 acres) in the W. including See also:Newton See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill (67o ft. above See also:sea-level), and See also:Green Hill Park (5oo acres) in the N.E. Other parks are See also:Institute Park (18 acres) and Boynton Park (113 acres) in the N.W. on See also:Salisbury See also:Pond, given to the city by See also:Stephen Salisbury; See also:Dodge Park (13 acres, N.); Burncoat Park (42 acres, N.E.); See also:Chandler Hill Park (8o acres, E.); Hadwen (5o acres), University (14 acres) and See also:Crompton Park (15.25 acres) in the S.W. and S.; and See also:Greenwood (12.65 acres), See also:Beaver See also:Brook (15.5 acres), Tatnuck (2.94 acres), Kendrick (14.87 acres) and See also:Vernon Hill (16.4 acres). Two See also:miles N.E. of the centre of the city lies See also:lake Quinsigamond, 4 M. See also:long, from which flows the river of the same name, a branch of the Blackstone. On its shores is Lake Park (See also:Ito acres). Fronting the See also:Common, a wooded square in the centre of the city, is the City See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall, near which is a See also:bronze statue, by D. C. See also:French, of G. F. See also:Hoar. On the Common there is a See also:monument, designed by See also:Randolph See also:Rogers, to the soldiers and sailors of the See also:Civil See also:War, and one to See also:Colonel See also:Timothy See also:Bigelow (1739—179o), one of Worcester's soldiers of the War of See also:Independence. The E. See also:side of the Common was the site of an old burying ground, and the W. side of the First See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church, built in 1663. About z m. N. of the Common is See also:Lincoln Square, adjacent to which is the See also:granite See also:Court See also:House; in front of it is a statue of See also:General See also:Charles See also:Devens (182o-1891) by French. The old Salisbury See also:mansion, dating back to Colonial days, stands in this square. At Salisbury See also:Street and Park See also:Avenue are the library and museum (1910) of the See also:American Antiquarian Society, established in 1812 by See also:Isaiah See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas, with a collection of interesting portraits, a library of 99,000 vols. and many thousands of See also:pamphlets, particularly See also:rich in Americana. The See also:Art Museum was erected and endowed (1899—1903) by Stephen Salisbury, and contains a See also:fine collection of casts, many valuable paintings, and the See also:Ban-See also:croft Collection of See also:Japanese art. The city has many fine churches.
Worcester is an important educational centre. See also:Clark University was established here in 1889 by See also:Jonas See also:Gilman Clark as a purely See also:graduate institution. In 1902 Clark See also:College was opened for undergraduate See also:work under the See also:presidency of See also:Carroll D. See also:Wright, with a See also:separate endowment of $1,3do,000. In 1910 it had 30 teachers and 177 students. The university in 1910 had 15 instructors,. 103 students and a library of 5o,000 volumes. Under G. See also:Stanley Hall, who was made See also:president in 1888, the university became well known for its work in See also:child-See also:psychology. Worcester See also:Polytechnic Institute (founded in 1865 by See also:John Boynton of Templeton, Massachusetts; opened in 1868) is one of the best-equipped technical See also:schools of college See also:rank in the See also:country; in 1910 it had 49 instructors, 515 students and a library of 12,700 vols.; the buildings are near Institute Park.
On Packachoag Hill or Mt. St See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James (690 ft.) is the Jesuit college of the See also:Holy See also:Cross, with a preparatory school, founded in 1843 by See also:Benedict J. See also:Fenwick, See also:bishop cf Boston, and chartered in 1865; in 1910 it had 30 instructors and 450 students.
There is a State Normal School (1874), and connected with it a See also:kindergarten training school (191o).
The city library (175,000 vols.), founded in 1859, was one of the first in the country to be open on See also:Sunday. There are four daily See also:newspapers, one printed in French. From 1775 to 1848 was published here the weekly edition of the Worcester See also:Spy, established by Isaiah Thomas in 1770 in Boston as the Massachusetts Spy and removed by him to Worcester at the outbreak of the War of Independence; a daily edition was published from 1845 to 1904. See also:Early in the 19th See also:century the city was an important See also:publishing centre.
Worcester is one of the most important manufacturing centres in New See also:England: in 1905 the value of the factory product was $52,144,965, ranking the city third among the cities of the state. Manufacturers of hardware and tools at an early date laid the See also:foundation for the See also:present See also:steel and other See also:- METAL
- METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)
metal See also:industries, in which 42 8 % of all the workers were employed in 1905. A large proportion are employed in the See also:wire and wire-working industries, one plant, that of the American Steel and Wire See also:Company, employing about 5000 hands; in 1905 the total value of wire-work was $1,726,088, and of foundry and See also:machine See also:shop products $7,327,095.
The first See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant of See also:land in this See also:part of the Blackstone Valley was made in 1657, and the See also:town, Quansigamond (or Quinsigamond) See also:Plantation, was laid out in See also:October 1668. In 1675, on the outbreak of See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip's War, it was temporarily abandoned. In 1684 it was settled again and its name was changed to Worcester because several leaders in the See also:settlement were natives of Worcester, England. In 1713 the vicinity was opened up to settlement, a See also:tavern and a See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill were constructed, and a See also:turnpike road was built to Boston. Worcester was incorporated as a town in 1722. In 1755 a small See also:colony of the exiled Acadians settled here. At the outbreak of the War of Independence Worcester was little more than a country See also:market town. During See also:Shays's See also:Rebellion it was taken by the rebels and the courts were closed. The first real impetus to its growth came in 1835 with the construction of the Boston & Worcester railway, and it received a city See also:charter in 1848. The strong See also:anti-See also:slavery sentiment of the city led in 18$4 to a serious See also:riot, owing to an apparent See also:attempt to enforce the Fugitive Slave See also:Law. In Worcester, or within a See also:radius of a dozen miles of it, were the homes of See also:Elias See also:Howe, inventor of the sewing machine; See also:Eli See also:Whitney, inventor of the See also:cotton See also:gin; See also:Erastus Bigelow (1814-1879), inventor of,the See also:carpet See also:weaving machine; Dr See also:- RUSSELL (FAMILY)
- RUSSELL, ISRAEL COOK (1852- )
- RUSSELL, JOHN (1745-1806)
- RUSSELL, JOHN (d. 1494)
- RUSSELL, JOHN RUSSELL, 1ST EARL (1792-1878)
- RUSSELL, JOHN SCOTT (1808–1882)
- RUSSELL, LORD WILLIAM (1639–1683)
- RUSSELL, SIR WILLIAM HOWARD
- RUSSELL, THOMAS (1762-1788)
- RUSSELL, WILLIAM CLARK (1844– )
Russell L. See also:Hawes, inventor of an envelope machine; Thomas See also:Blanchard (1788-1864), inventor of the machine for turning irregular forms; See also:Samuel Crompton (1753–1827) and See also:Lucius James See also:Knowles (1819–1884), the perfectors of the See also:modern See also:loom; and See also:Draper Ruggles, See also:Joel Nourse and J. C. See also:- MASON, FRANCIS (1799—1874)
- MASON, GEORGE (1725—1792)
- MASON, GEORGE HEMMING (1818–1872)
- MASON, JAMES MURRAY (1798-1871)
- MASON, JOHN (1586-1635)
- MASON, JOHN YOUNG (1799-1859)
- MASON, LOWELL (1792—1872)
- MASON, SIR JOHN (1503–1566)
- MASON, SIR JOSIAH (1795-1881)
- MASON, WILLIAM (1725—1797)
Mason, perfectors of the modern plough and originators of many inventions in agricultural machinery.
See F. E. See also:Blake, Incidents of the First and Second Settlements of Worcester (\\Worcester, 1884) ; Wm. Lincoln, See also:History of Worcester to 1836 (Worcester, 1837) ; also same extended to 1862 by Charles Hersey (Worcester, 1862) ; D. H. See also:Hurd, History of Worcester County (Worcester, 2 vols., 1889) ; I. N. See also:Metcalf, Illustrated Business See also:Guide to City of Worcester (Worcester, 1880); C. F. See also:Jewett, History of Worcester County (2 vols., Worcester, 1879); the Collections and Proceedings (1881 sqq.) of the Worcester Society of Antiquity (instituted in 1877).
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