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WILLIAM PITT, EARL OF, (chas am, an English statesman, B. 1708. He early entered the House of Commons, of which, by his lofty eloquence and unrivalled powers of debate, he soon became the ruling spirit. In 1756, he became Secretary of State, and in 1766, Prime Minister, swaying the destinies of his country with a courage and energy they had long been a stranger to. During the early part of his public career he warmly sympathized with the American colonists in their struggle for independence, but later, his strong patriotic feeling turned him against them. D. 1778.-His 2d son, William Pitt, followed in his footsteps, and became leader of the House of Commons, and first minister of the Crown. Chas am, a fortified seaport and naval arsenal of England, co. Kent, on the Medway, 28 m. E.S.E. of London. The dockyards, gun-factories, hospitals, barracks, ., cover here an immense space of ground. Pop. 39,794. Chas am, an E. co. of Georgia, b. N.E. by the Savannah river; area, 358 sq. m.; C. Savannah; pop. 41,279.A central co. of N. Carolina, containing extensive beds of anthracite coal; area, about 900 sq. m.; C. Pittsborough; pop. 19,723.-A seaport of New Brunswick, on the Miramichi river, 12 m. from its embouchure, and 135 m. E.N.E. of St. John. Chas am Harbor, in Ma achusetts, forms secure anchorage-ground at the E. extremity of Cape Cod, having 20 ft. of water at neap tides, and 2 lighthouses on James' Head; Lat. 41° 40′ 20″ N., Lon. 69° 57′ 12″ W. [s. 170]