NORTHAMPTON. A city, including several villages, and the county-seat of Hampshire Conn ty, Mass., 17 miles north of Springfield: on the Connecticut River, and on the Boston and Maine and the New York. New Haven and Hartford railroads (Map: Massachusetts. II 3). The city, which occupies elevated ground and is noted for its beautiful scenery, has become widely popular as a summer resort. it has, among noteworthy institutions, Smith College (q.v.). the Clarke Institute for Deaf Mutes, richly endowed by John Clarke. Northampton Ilospital (State), Smith Charities, Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Home for Aged and Invalid Women, the Burnham Classical Schott!. Public, Forbes, and Lilly li braries:. .Nlemorial Dail, and Academy of Music. Among the conspicuous edifices are the court house and high school building. In the imme diate vicinity of Northampton are :\ fount Tom and Mount Holyoke, both ascended by mountain railways and commanding magnificent views. The principal industries are the manufactures of silk, cutlery. brushes. lumber products, furniture,
hosiery, wood pulp. emery wheels, boxes. foundry products. baskets, sewing machines. pocketbooks. etc. The government is administered, under the charter of 1883. by a mayor, annually elected, and a bicameral council, which controls appoint ments of the subordinate departments. excepting those of schools and the Forbes Library, chosen by popular vote. The water-works are owned and operated by the municipality. Population. in 1890, 14.990; in 1900, 1S,643. Northampton was first settled in 1054 by a small company from Springfield, and was named (in 1655) after Northampton, England. In 1076, during King Philip's \\ ar: it was attacked by Indians. .Tona than Edwards was minister here from 1729 until dismissed in 1750. Northampton was chartered as a city in 1883. Consult Trumbull, History of Yorthampion (Northampton, 1898),