BRCORLING

8 Somat Sie emarkable A 6g), | York, New Haven and Hartford Ra 68), road, and on the Charles River, 3 mil colonial west of Boston. It is almost entirely reduce | residential city and is one of the mo (1839-41); beautiful and wealthy suburban tow of|in“the country. It has long had the di colony, | einetion sof bedini iiie am ies toot to charged | por captain the Ellen meakea.1 It displaced | $¢ considerable industrial import an pirates and has manufactures of electric motor hood Within the town and in the neighbo are many places of historic i Great Rajah terest. Pop. 1920, 37,748. descend BROOKLYN, bor. of New York Cit (40° 40’ N., 74° W.), western end « Long Island and connected with mait {minister land by_ bridges; favorite resident i: quarter; beautiful a see od of which Pro; Bedpect Park is much the largest; man Peoms, | educational institutions, of which th 1876;| most remarkable is the Institute of Art 1892: and Sciences; over 130 grammar school; critical some good private schools and college: and many excellent libraries, i Publi buildings include white marble city hall, state arsenal, museum; U.S. navy yard is here, and a marine hospital; important trading and manufacturing center; flour mills, sugar refineries, bra works, and breweries. Brooklyn was founded by Walloon colonists in 1636; site of battle during War of Independence; was incorporated with New York in 1898. Pop. 1920, 2,022,356.