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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 417 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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MIDDLETOWN , 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 Dauphin

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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., on the

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BANK

bank of the Susquehanna

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RIVER

river, 9 m. below

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HARRISBURG

Harrisburg . Pop . (189o), 5o8o; (1900), 56o8 (34.0

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FOREIGN

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BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born and 289 negroes) ; (1910), 5374 . It is served by the Pennsylvania and the

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PHILADELPHIA

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READING

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RAILWAYS

railways, and by an electric

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LINE

line to Harrisburg . The borough has a considerable

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trade with the surrounding agricultural

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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, and owing to the proximity of the Yorkhaven

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POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power-plant (across the river) and the excellent railway service, is a manufacturing centre . The

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MUNICIPALITY

municipality owns its electric

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LIGHTING

lighting plant . Middletown was founded in 1755 by

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Friends (from Philadelphia and other places in Pennsylvania) and Scotch-Irish, and was so named because of its position midway between

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Carlisle . It was first incorporated as a borough in 1828 .

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