See also:

• BORGA (Finnish Porvoo)

BORGA (Finnish Porvoo)  , a seaport in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of Nyland, See also:

• GRAND

grand duchy of See also:

• FINLAND (Finnish, Suomi or Suomenmaa)

Finland, situated at the entrance of the See also:

• RIVER

river Borg& into the Gulf of Finland, about 33 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail N.W. of See also:

• HELSINGFORS (Finnish Helsinki)

Helsingfors . Pop . (181o) 1693; (1870) 3478; (1904) 5255 . It is the seat of a Lutheran bishopric which extends over the provinces of See also:

• VIBORG
• VIBORG (Finnish Viipuri)

Viborg and St See also:

• MICHEL
• MICHEL, CLAUDE
• MICHEL, FRANCISQUE XAVIER (1809-1887)

Michel with portions of See also:

• TAVASTEHUS

Tavastehus and Nyland; it possesses a beautiful See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral, and a high school (where the well-known Finnish poet See also:

• RUNEBERG, JOHAN LUDVIG (1804—1877)

Runeberg lectured for many years), and is the seat of a See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• APPEAL

appeal . The See also:

• WEAVING

weaving of See also:

• SAIL

sail-See also:

• CLOTH

cloth and the manufacture of See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco are the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries, and the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief articles of See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade are See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood, See also:

• BUTTER (Lat. butyrum, Gr. 0obrvpov, apparently connected with $ous, cow, and rvpbs, cheese, but, according to the New English Dictionary, perhaps of Scythian origin)

butter and furs . Borg& was once a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• GREAT

great dignity and importance, but the rapid growth of Helsingfors has somewhat eclipsed it . In 1809, when the estates of Finland were summoned to a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• DIET

diet to decide the future of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, Borg& was the See also:

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

place of See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting, and it was in the cathedral that the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander I. pledged himself as grand See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke' of Finland to maintain the constitution and liberties of the grand duchy .