vate
Writings_, which has become a missionary classic. A new edition, with
the _Journal_ and Brainerd's letters embodied, was published by Sereno
E. Dwight at New Haven in 1822; and in 1884 was published what is
substantially another edition, _The Memoirs of David Brainerd_, edited
by James M. Sherwood.

BRAINERD, a city and the county-seat of Crow Wing county, Minnesota,
U.S.A., on the E. bank of the Mississippi river, about 127 m. N.W. of
Minneapolis. Pop. (1890) 5703; (1900) 7524, of whom 2193 were
foreign-born; (1905) 8133; (1910) 8526. It is served by the Minnesota &
International and the Northern Pacific railways. The latter maintains
here large car and repair shops, and a sanatorium for its employees.
There are also the Sisters of St Joseph hospital, a county court house,
a public library and a Y.M.C.A. building. A dam across the Mississippi
provides water power (about 60,000 H.P.) which is utilized extensively
for manufacturing purposes. Lumbering is an important industry, and
there are saw mills and planing mills, and an extensive creosote plant
for treating railway ties and timber. There are also flour mills, paper
and pulp mills, cigar factories, a brewery, a large foundry and a grain
elevator. In 1906 large quantities of iron ore were discovered in the
vicinity, the new range, the Cuyuna, running through the city from
north-east to south-west. Brainerd, named in honour of David Brainerd,
was settled in 1870, and chartered as a city in 1883.

BRAINTREE, a market town in the Maldon parliamentary division of Essex,
England; 45 m. N.E. of London by a branch line from Witham of the Great
Eastern railway. Pop. of urban district, 5330. The parish church of St
Michael is a fine edifice of Early English work with later additions. A
corn exchange, mechanics' institute and public hall may also be
mentioned. The bishops of London had formerly a palace in the town, but
there are no remains of the building. The manufactures of silk and crape
have superseded that of woollen cloth, which was introduced by the
Flemings who fled to England to escape the persecution of the duke of
Alva. Matting and brushes are also made. On the north lies the large
village of BOCKING, with the Perpendicular parish church of St Mary,
similar industries, and a population of 3347.

BRAINTREE, a township of Norfolk county, Massachusetts, U.S.A., on the
Monatiquot river about 10 m. S. of Boston. Pop. (1890) 4848; (1900