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Somerville

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Somerville

Town and administrative headquarters of Somerset County, north-central New Jersey, on the Raritan River, 16 km/10 mi northwest of New Brunswick; population (1990) 11,600. While largely residential, it has important commercial, farm trade, and industrial sectors; products include pharmaceuticals and electronic components.

It was settled by Dutch traders in 1683, and was a centre of the American Revolution. It developed with the arrival of the railway in the mid-19th century. Among notable sites are the Wallace House, George Washington's headquarters in 1778-79, and Duke Gardens. It is the seat of Somerset County College (1968).
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Lord Somerville, speaking of what breeders have done for sheep, says:- 'It would seem as if they had chalked out upon a wall a form perfect in itself, and then had given it existence.
The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context
Somerville and frequenting the Royal Institution; others were severe and Evangelical, and held by Exeter Hall.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
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