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BEVERLY , a seaboard See also:city of See also:Essex See also:county, See also:Massachusetts, U.S.A., situated on the N. See also:shore of Massachusetts See also:Bay, opposite See also:Salem . It is 18 m. from See also:Boston on the Boston & See also:Maine railway . Pop . (189o) 10,821; (1900) 13,884, of whom 2814 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910, See also:census) 18,65o . The See also:land See also:area of the city is about 15 sq. m . The See also:surface is the typical glacial See also:topography, with a few See also:low, rocky hills, less than See also:loo ft. in height . There are beautiful drives through well-wooded districts, studded with handsome summer houses . In the city are a public library, the Beverly See also:hospital, the New See also:England See also:industrial school for See also:deaf mutes (organized, 1876; incorporated, 1879), and the Beverly See also:historical society (1891), which owns a large colonial See also:house, in which there is a valuable historical collection . The city has an excellent public school See also:system . There are a number of manufacturing establishments; in 1905 the See also:total factory product of the city was valued at $4,101,168, boots and shoes accounting for more than one-See also:half of the total . See also:Leather and See also:shoe machinery also are important manufactures; and the See also:main plant of the See also:United Shoe Machinery See also:Corporation is located here . See also:Market gardening is a considerable See also:industry, and large quantities of vegetables are raised under See also:glass for the Boston markets .
Fishing is an industry no longer of much importance
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Beverly is connected by a See also:regular See also:line of oil-steamers with See also:Port See also:Arthur, See also:Texas, and is the main distributing point for the Texas oil See also:fields
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The first See also:settlement within the limits of Beverly was made by See also:Roger See also:Conant in 1626
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The See also:town was a See also:part of Salem until 1668, when it was incorporated as a See also:separate township; in 1894 it was chartered as a city
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In 1788 there was established here the first See also:cotton See also: |
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