with narrow borders of woods along the banksof the river, and some of its branches.
BRATTLEBOROUGH , t. Windham co.Vt. on the Connecticut ; 12 m. SE. Ncwfanc,20 S. by W Walpole, 36 E. Bennington, 41N. Northampton, 96 WNW. Boston , 110 S.Montpelier, 427 from W. Lat. 42° 52' N.Pop. 2,141. It contains two parishes, in eachof which there is a handsome village. Thevillage in the east parish is on the W. bankof the river, and contains a Congregationalmeeting-house, a cotton manufactory, a pa-per mill, and one of the largest printingestablishments in the United States . It isa pleasant and nourishing village, and has con-siderable trade. Here is a bridge across theConnecticut . The other village is about 2 m.WNW. and contains a Congregational meet-ing-house, and a woollen manufactory.
BRATTON’S RIVER, r. North America ,which runs into the Missouri , 2,232 m. fromthe Mississippi .
BRATTONSVILLE, v. Prince William co.Va. 35 m. SW. from W.
BREAKNECK HILL, on the Hudson, atthe entrance of the Highlands, opposite ButterHill; 60 m. N. of New York .
BREAM’S HEIGHTS, eminence, N. York ,on Hudson river , where Gen. Gates had acamp previous to the capitulation of Saratoga.
BRE( KENRIDGE, co. Ken. bounded bythe Ohio river NW. by Hardin E. and SE. byGrayson S. and by Ohio and Daviess SW.;surface broken, and soil generally productive.Staples, grain, flour, tobacco, and salted pro-visions. Chief town, Hardensburg. Pop. 7,345.
BRECKNOCK, t. Lancaster co. Pa .
BREED’S HILL, an eminence on the N.side of Charlestown, in Mass, celebrated forthe stand made by the Americans against theBritish troops, at the commencement of hos-tilities witli the mother country. This actionis usually called the battle of Bunker Hill (an-other hill near it.) See Bunker Hill.
BRENTWOOD, t. Rockingham co. N. H. ;20 in. WSW. Portsmouth , 521 from W. Pop.891. It is watered by Exeter river, and con-tains a Congregational and a Baptist meeting-house, and cotton manufactories.
BRETON W OODS, i. Coos co. N. II.; 12m. SSE. Lancaster . Pop. 108.
BRENTVILLE, v. Prince William co. Va.
BRETON, Cape , island of N. America , be-tween 45° and 47° N. lat. separated from NovaScotia by a narrow strait called Canso, and is100 m. in length, and 50 in breadth. It is abarren country, subject to fogs throughout theyear, and covered with snow in the winter.There is an excellent fishery on this coast. Itwas confirmed to England by treaty in 1763.
BRETON, island of Louisiana , or rather 2small islands lying SW'. from the Grand Co-sier. There is a channel containing 12 feetwater between the islands of Grand Cosierand Breton Island, and another SW'. of thelatter, leading into Chandeleur Bay, with 18<eet water N. lat. 29° 2G'.
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BREVELLE, t. Natchitoches co. Louisiana
BREWER, t. Penobscot Me. on E. side ofthe Penobscot, opposite Bangor ; 34 m. N. ofCastinc, 696 from W\ Pop. 1,078.
BREWSTER, t. Barnstable co. Mass.; 16m. E. Barnstable, 88 SE. Boston , 498 from W.Pop. 1,418.
BRIAR CREEK, t. Columbia co. Pa .
BRIAR’S CREEK, r. Georgia , which runsinto the Savannah, 40 in. below Augusta . In1779, a part of the American army was sur-prised on this river by the British, and en-tirely routed, with the loss of 400 men killedor taken.
BRICELAND CROSS ROADS, v. Wash-ington co. Pa .
BRICK HOUSE, v. Sussex co. N. J.
BRICKSVILLE, t. Cuyahoga, co. N. York ,at the E. end of Long Island .
BRIDGEBRANCH, or Bridgeville , v. Sus-sex co. Delaware ; 132 m. from W.
BRIDGEFIELD, Shelby co. Kentucky .
BRIDCrEHAMPTON, v. in Southampton,N. York .
BRIDGEHAMPTON, v. Suffolk co. N. Y. at the NE. end of Long Island .
BRIDGEPORT , s-p. and bor. in the town-ship of Stratford , Ct- in L. Island Sound, atthe mouth of the Pequnnock ; 3 h m. W. of17£ SW. New Haven , 286 from W.' Pop. 2,803.It contains a bank and several houses of pub-lic worship. It is a pleasant and flourishingvillage, and has considerable trade.
BRIDGEPORT , t. Harrison co. Va.; 265m. from W.
BRIDGEPORT, t. Fayette co. Pa. on theMonongahela , separated from Brownsville byDunlap’s creek.
BRIDGEPORT, v. Belmont co. Ohio , 18m. from Wheeling, 283 from W.
BRIDGEPORT, t. Fairfield co. Ct. on LongIsland Sound , on the E. side of Sasco river,and 10 m. NE. of Norwalk .
BRIDGETON, t. Cumberland co. Me.; 39m. NW. Portland, 130 NNE. Boston , 589 fromW r . Pop. 1,541. Here is an academy.
BRIDGETOWN, the capital of the islandof Barbadoes , situate in the inmost part of Car-lisle Bay, which is large enough to contain500 ships, but the bottom is foul, and apt tocut Lhe cables. This city was burnt down in1688; and suffered also greatly by fires in1756, 1766, and 1767. Before these fires itcontained 1,500 houses ; and it has since beenrebuilt. The streets are broad, the houseshigh, the wharves and quays convenient, andthe forts strong. The church is as large assome cathedrals. Here also is a frce-school,an hospital, and a college; the latter erectedby the Society for Propagating the Gospel,pursuant to the will of Col. Codrington, whoendowed it witli .£2,000 a year. The townhad scarcely risen from the calamities alreadymentioned, when it was torn from its founda-tion by a hurricane in 1780, in which manyof the inhabitants perished ; and in 1831 it ex.perienced a similar calamity Lon. 59° 43W. lat. 13° 5' N.