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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 812 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SHARPSBURG , 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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ALLEGHENY

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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 Allegheny

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RIVER

river, opposite the N.E.

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PART

part of Pitts-

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BURG

burg . Pop . (1900) 6842 (1280

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FOREIGN

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BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born); (1910) 8153 . Sharpsburg is served by the Pennsylvania and the

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OHIO

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RAILWAYS

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COAL

Coal is

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MINED

mined in the vicinity . Among the manufactures are

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IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron pipes,

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TRUCK

truck and

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bar iron,

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WIRE (A.S. wir, a wire; cf. Swed. vire, to twist, M.H.G. wiere, a gold ornament, Lat. viriae, armlets, ultimately from the root wi, to twist, bind)

wire, stoves, paint and lubricating oil . Sharpsburg was settled in 1826, was named in

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HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

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Sharp, the

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ORIGINAL

original proprietor, and was incorporated in 1841 .

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