BRADFORD  , a See also:

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

city of McKean 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
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania, U.S.A., near the N. border of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, about 8o m . E. by S. of See also:

• ERIE

Erie . Pop . (1890) 10,514; (1900) 15,029, of whom 2211 were See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born; (1910 See also:

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

census) 14,544 . It is served by the Pennsylvania,-the Erie, and the See also:

• BUFFALO

Buffalo, See also:

• ROCHESTER
• ROCHESTER, JOHN WILMOT, 2ND EARL
• ROCHESTER, LAWRENCE HYDE, EARL OF (1641-1711)

Rochester & See also:

• PITTSBURG
• PITTSBURG, or PITTSBURGH

Pittsburg See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways; and is connected with See also:

• OLEAN

Olean, New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, by an electric See also:

• LINE

line . Bradford is situated 1427 ft. above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level in the valley of the Tuna, and is shut in by hills on either See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side . Since 1876 it has been one of the most important oil centres of the state, and it has been connected by See also:

• PIPE

pipe lines with cities along the See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast; See also:

• PETROLEUM (Lat. Petra, rock, and oleuin, oil)

petroleum refining is an important See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry . Among the city's manufactures are boilers, See also:

• MACHINES

machines, See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass, chemicals, terra See also:

• COTTA
• COTTA, BERNHARD VON (1808—1879)
• COTTA, GAIUS AURELIUS (c. 124—73 B.c.)

cotta, See also:

• BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick, See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron pipes and couplings, See also:

• GAS

gas engines, See also:

• CUTLERY (Fr. coutellerie, from the Lat. cultellus, a little knife)

cutlery and See also:

• SILK

silk . The See also:

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

place was first settled about 1827; in 1838 it was laid out as a See also:

• TOWN

town and named See also:

• LITTLETON (or LYTTELTON), EDWARD, BARON (1589—1645)
• LITTLETON, SIR THOMAS DE (c. 1407-1481)

Littleton; in 1858 the See also:

• PRESENT

present name, 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
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Bradford (1755-1795), was substituted; and Bradford was incorporated as 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 in 1873, and was chartered as a city in 1879 . See also:

• KENDALL, HENRY CLARENCE (1841-1882)

Kendall borough was annexed to Bradford in 1893 .