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CLAREMONT , a See also:city of See also:Sullivan See also:county, New See also:Hampshire, U.S.A., situated in the W. See also:part of the See also:state, bordering on the See also:Connecticut See also:river . Pop . (189o) 5565; (1900) 6498 (1442 See also:foreign-See also:born); (1910) 7529 . See also:Area, 6 sq. m . It is served by two branches of the See also:Boston & See also:Maine railway . In Claremont is the See also:Fiske See also:free library (1873), housed in a See also:Carnegie See also:building (1904) . The See also:Stevens high school is richly endowed by the See also:gift of Paran Stevens, a native of Claremont . The city contains several villages, the See also:principal being Claremont, Claremont Junction and See also:West Claremont . See also:Sugar river, flowing through the city into the Connecticut and falling 223 ft.within the city limits, furnishes See also:good See also:water-See also:power . Among the manufactures are woollen and See also:cotton goods, See also:paper, See also:mining and See also:quarrying machinery, See also:rubber goods, linens, shoes, See also:wood See also:trim and See also:pearl buttons . The first See also:settlement here was made in 1762, and a township was organized in 1764; in 1908 Claremont was chartered as a city . It was named from Claremont, See also:Lord See also:Clive's See also:country See also:place .
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