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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 492 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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MILTON , 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)

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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 Susquehanna

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RIVER

river at the mouth of

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stone Run, about 66 m . N. of

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HARRISBURG

Harrisburg . Pop . (189o), 5317; (1900), 6175 (166

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FOREIGN

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BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born); (191o), 746o . 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 is connected with

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LEWISBURG

Lewisburg and Watsontown by an electric

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LINE

line . Milton has an attractive public

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park, is in an agricultural region, and has various manufactures . It was founded in 1792, and incorporated as a borough in 1817 . In 188o it was in

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GREAT

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PART

part destroyed by

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FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

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