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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 298 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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JEANNETTE , a

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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 of Westmoreland

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COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

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Pennsylvania, U.S.A., about 27 M . E. by S. of

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Pittsburg . Pop . (189o), 3296; (1900), 5865 (1340

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FOREIGN

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BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born); (1910), 8077 . It is served by the Pennsylvania railroad, and is connected with Pittsburg and

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UNIONTOWN

Uniontown by electric railway . It is supplied with natural

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GAS

gas and is primarily a manufacturing centre, its

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PRINCIPAL

principal manufactures being

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glass, table-

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WARE

ware and

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RUBBER, INDIARUBBER

rubber goods . Jeannette was founded in 1888, and was incorporated as a borough in 1889 .

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