Portland in 1783, but the coalition destroyed Fox's popularity, and the Portland administration only lasted a few months. He died Aug. 5, 1792.
NORTH, SIMON NEWTON DEXTER, statistician, born in Clinton, N. Y., in 1849, he graduated from Hamilton Col- lege in 1869, and from that year till 1886 was managing editor of the Utica "Morning Herald." From 1886 to 1888 he was editor and joint proprietor of the Albany "Express" and then till 1903 was secretary of the National Associa- tion of Wool Manufacturers and editor of the "Quarterly Bulletin." From 1903 to 1909 he was director of the United States census. He was chairman of the Tariff Commission to Germany in 1906 and president of the American Statis- tical Association in 1910, in which year he edited the "American Year Book." His books include: "An American Textile Glossary" and "First Official Pistol Maker of the United States."
NORTH ADAMS, a city in Berkshire co., Mass.; on the Hoosac river, and on the Boston and Maine and the Boston and Albany railroads; 20 miles N. E. of Pittsfield. It comprises the villages of Greylock, Braytonville, Blackington, and Beaver. Here are the A. J. Hough- ton Public Library, North Adams Library, high school, North Adams Hos- pital, waterworks, electric lights, elec- tric railroads, several National and sav- ings banks, and several daily and weekly newspapers. The chief manu- factures are tanned leather, lumber, iron castings, machinery, boots and shoes, and cotton, woolen, and print goods. Near by is the E. terminus of the Hoosac tunnel. Pop. (1910) 22,019; (1920) 22,282.
NORTHALLERTON, the capital of the North Riding of Yorkshire, England, 30 miles N. N. W. of York. It has a fine cruciform church, Norman to Perpen- dicular in style; and sites of a Roman camp and a Norman castle of the bish- ops of Durham. At Standard Hill, 3 miles N., was fought, on Aug. 22, 1138, the great battle of the Standard, in which Archbishop Thurstan routed David I. of Scotland, and which got its name from the banners of St. Peter, John of Beverly, and Wilfrid, hung out from a car in the English host. Pop. about 5,000.
NORTH AMERICA. See AMERICA.
NORTHAMPTON, a city and county- seat of Hampshire co., Mass.; on the Connecticut river, and on the New York, New Haven, and Hartford, and the ↔Boston and Maine railroads; 17 miles N. W. of Springfield. It comprises the villages of West Farms, Mount Tom, Smith's Ferry, Loudville, Leeds, Flor- ence, and Bay State. Here are the Burn- ham and Capen schools, Clarke Insti- tute for Deaf Mutes (endowed by John Clarke with $3,000,000), SMITH COL- LEGE (q. v.), the State Lunatic Asylum, Dickinson Hospital, Old Ladies' Home, the Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Hall, the First Congregational Church, of which Jonathan Edwards was pastor, libraries, People's Institute, clubs, and the Hillyer Art Gallery. The city has waterworks, electric street railroads, electric lights, a number of National and savings banks, and daily and weekly caskets, shovels, hoes, furniture, paper, newspapers. The manufactures include brushes, pocket-books, wire, baskets, bicycles, sewing machines, buttons, silk goods, oil stoves, sewing silk, cutlery, cotton and woolen goods, etc. Pop. (1910) 19,431; (1920) 21,951.
NORTHAMPTON, a borough of Penn- sylvania, in Northampton co. It is on the Central of New Jersey and the Le- high Valley railroads. Pop. (1910) 8,729; (1920) 9,349.
NORTHAMPTON, a parliamentary and municipal berough of England, cap- ital of the county of same name, on the left bank of the Nene, which is con- nected with the Grand Junction canal. Northampton has one of the three re- markable round churches of the coun- try-a Norman structure. The staple manufacture is boots and shoes for home and export trade. The currying of leather is also carried on on a large scale. There are also iron and brass foundries, breweries, corn mills, etc. Iron-stone is found in the neighborhood, and smelting furnaces are at work. Pop. (1917) 82,471.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, a midland county of England with a total area of 914 square miles. It is chiefly an in- dustrial county, but there are also im- portant agricultural interests. The chief rivers are the Nene, Welland, and Avon. The most important products are ironware, boots and shoes. North- ampton is the capital. Pop. about 325,000.
NORTH ANDOVER, a town of Massa- chusetts in Essex co., 28 miles N. of Boston. It is on the Merrimac river and on the Boston and Maine railroad. It is an attractive residential community and is also a manufacturing center of importance. There are several large woolen mills and manufactories of
