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    Williamsburg is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 2,504 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield,...
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    Colonial Williamsburg is a living-history museum and private foundation presenting a part of the historic district in the city of Williamsburg, Virginia...
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    The Williamsburg Center Historic District is a historic district on Massachusetts Route 9 in Williamsburg, Massachusetts. It encompasses the traditional...
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    Henry White Warren (category People from Williamsburg, Massachusetts)
    Fairfield Warren was his brother. Henry White Warren was born at Williamsburg, Massachusetts on January 4, 1831. He graduated in 1853 at Wesleyan University...
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    Edward Thorndike (category People from Williamsburg, Massachusetts)
    Thorndike, born in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, was the son of Edward R and Abbie B Thorndike, a Methodist minister in Lowell, Massachusetts. Thorndike graduated...
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  • Petticoat Hill, also known as Scott Hill, a hill that rises above Williamsburg, Massachusetts Scott Hill (Elkins, West Virginia), a historic home located near...
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    York. Born in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, James pursued an academic course in the Mount Pleasant Boarding School, Amherst, Massachusetts. He moved with...
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    the court of Williamsburg County and C.H. Pettingil, a Union Army officer from Boston, Massachusetts and former member of the Massachusetts Abolition Society...
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    joined a weaving firm established by his older brother Charles in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, where he was first employed as a carder and finisher, and quickly...
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  • Patricia MacLachlan (category Novelists from Massachusetts)
    Patricia MacLachlan died on March 31, 2022, at her home in Williamsburg, Massachusetts. She was 84 years old. Sarah, Plain and Tall series, of the Witting...
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    Haydenville Historic District (category Historic districts in Hampshire County, Massachusetts)
    district encompassing the traditional village of Haydenville in Williamsburg, Massachusetts. It includes properties on Main and High Streets, and Kingsley...
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  • 1970s. Noble Manufacturing Company of Haydenville village within Williamsburg, Massachusetts, was a small gunmaker that produced shotguns and .22 caliber...
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    Lord Dunmore ordered the removal of the gunpowder from the magazine in Williamsburg, Virginia to a Royal Navy ship. This action sparked local unrest, and...
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    William Fairfield Warren (category People from Williamsburg, Massachusetts)
    1929) was the first president of Boston University. Born in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, he graduated from Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut...
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    Massachusetts (/ˌmæsəˈtʃuːsɪts/ , /-zɪts/ MASS-ə-CHOO-sits, -⁠zits; Massachusett: Muhsachuweesut [məhswatʃəwiːsət]), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts...
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    Alice Hall Farnsworth (category People from Williamsburg, Massachusetts)
    until her retirement in 1957. Alice Hall Farnsworth was born in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, the youngest of four children of Frederick Tudor Farnsworth...
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  • collapse Baitadi, Nepal 139 16 May 1874 Mill River dam failure Williamsburg, Massachusetts, United States 139 13 September 1976 Apartment building collapse...
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    Hiram B. Warner (category People from Williamsburg, Massachusetts)
    1867 to 1868 and second, from 1872 to 1880. Warner was born in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, in 1802. In 1819, he moved to Georgia and taught school for...
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    James Henry Coffin (category People from Williamsburg, Massachusetts)
    and meteorologist. Coffin was born on September 6, 1806, in Williamsburg, Massachusetts. He was descended from Tristram Coffin, the first owner of Nantucket...
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    destroyed, with another 11,709 flooded. Mill River Dam 1874 Williamsburg, Massachusetts United States 139 Lax regulations and cost cutting led to an...
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  • Bob Toski (category People from Williamsburg, Massachusetts)
    Golf Professional Hall of Fame in 2013. He was born in Haydenville, Massachusetts of Polish descent, the eighth of nine children born to Walenty Algustoski...
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    George (2016). Parallel Lives: Two Hoosier Chemists from Peru. Williamsburg, Massachusetts: The Impress Group. pp. 1–62. ISBN 9781532326172. Peru Daily...
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    Peyton Randolph (category Politicians from Williamsburg, Virginia)
    Civil War. Randolph was born in Tazewell Hall, his family's estate in Williamsburg, Virginia. His father was Sir John Randolph, and his brother was John...
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    Northampton, Provincetown, Monterey, Great Barrington, Ashfield, Williamstown, Williamsburg, Shelburne, Sunderland, and Pelham voted for the Republican candidate...
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  • WCCV-LP, a low-power radio station (97.9 FM) licensed to serve Williamsburg, Massachusetts, United States WCCV-TV, a television station (channel 35, virtual...
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    Frederick A. Lyon (category People from Williamsburg, Massachusetts)
    Entered service at: Burlington, Vermont. Born: June 25, 1843, Williamsburg, Massachusetts. Date of issue: November 26, 1864. Citation: The President of...
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  • Asahel Perry (category People from Williamsburg, Massachusetts)
    politician and community leader in Utah Territory. Perry was born in Williamsburg, Massachusetts. He converted to Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints...
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    Wells Cooke (category People from Williamsburg, Massachusetts)
    minister, and Martha Miranda (Smith) Cook. He was born at Haydenville, Massachusetts and grew up largely in the lake region of eastern Wisconsin where he...
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    certificate. Beals began teaching at a one-room schoolhouse in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, where her brother Paul was also living at the time. In 1888...
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