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BRATTLEBORO
, a See also:village of See also:Windham See also:county, See also:Vermont, U.S.A., in a township (pop
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1910, 7541) of the same name, in the See also:south-See also:east See also:part of the See also:state, 6o m
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N. of See also:Springfield, See also:Massachusetts, on the See also:Connecticut See also:river
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Pop
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(189o) 5467; (1900) 5297 (686 See also:foreign-See also:born); (1910) 6517
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It is served by the Central Vermont and the See also:Boston & See also:Maine See also:railways
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Situated in a hilly, heavily wooded See also:country, it is an attractive See also:place, with a few houses dating from the 18th See also:century
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Among the manufactures are toys, See also:furniture, overalls and See also:organs, the Estey and the See also:Carpenter organs being made there
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First settled about 1753, Brattleboro took its name from one of the See also:original patentees, See also: M . Burt, The Attractions of Brattleboro, Glimpses of Past and See also:Present (Brattleboro, 1866) . |
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