ber memorandorum ecclesie de
Bernewelle_ (Cambridge, 1907), with an introduction by F.W. Maitland.
For the individual colleges, see the series of _College Histories_, by
various authors (London, 1899 et seq.).
FOOTNOTE:
[1] See also UNIVERSITIES.
CAMBRIDGE, a city and the county-seat of Dorchester county, Maryland,
U.S.A., on the Choptank river, near Chesapeake Bay, about 60 m. S.E. of
Baltimore. Pop. (1890) 4192; (1900) 5747 (1958 being negroes); (1910)
6407. It is served by the Cambridge branch of the Philadelphia,
Baltimore & Washington railway (Pennsylvania railway), which connects
with the main line at Seaford, 30 m. distant, and with the Baltimore,
Chesapeake & Atlantic at Hurlock, 16 m. distant; and by steamers of the
Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic railway company. It is a business
centre for the prosperous farming region by which it is surrounded, and
is a shipping point for oysters and fish; among its manufactures are
canned fruits and vegetables, flour, hominy, phosphates, underwear and
lumber. Cambridge was founded in 1684, received its present name in
1686, and was chartered as a city in 1900.
CAMBRIDGE, a city and one of the county-seats of Middlesex county,
Massachusetts, U.S.A., situated on the Charles river, in the outskirts
of Boston, of which it is in effect a part, although under separate
government. Pop. (1880) 52,669; (1890) 70,028; (1900) 91,886; (1910
census) 104,839. Of the total population in 1900, 30,446 were
foreign-born, including 11,235 Irish, 9613 English Canadians, 1944
English, 1483 French Canadians and 1584 Swedish; and 54,200 were of
foreign parentage (both parents foreign-born), including 24,961 of Irish
parentage, 9829 of English-Canadian parentage, 2587 of English
parentage, and 2288 of French-Canadian parentage. Cambridge is entered
directly by only one railway, the Boston & Maine. The township, now
practically built over by the city, contained originally several
separate villages, the names of which are still used as a convenience in
designating corresponding sections of the municipality: Old Cambridge,
North Cambridge, Cambridgeport and East Cambridge, the last two being
manufacturing and commercial districts.
Old Cambridge is noted as the seat of Harvard University (q.v.) and as a
literary and scientific centre. Radcliffe College (1879), for women,
practically a part of Harvard; an Episcopal Theological School (1867),
and the New Church (Swedenb
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