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Haverhill

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Haverhill (hā`vərĭl), city (1990 pop. 51,418), Essex co., NE Mass., on the Merrimack River; inc. as a town 1641, as a city 1870. Formerly one of the nation's leading shoe producers, Haverhill processes leather and makes leather, textile, and paper products. High-technology computer industries in the area and the manufacture of electronic components add to the city's economic base. Points of interest are John Greenleaf Whittier Whittier, John Greenleaf (hwĭt`ēər), 1807–92, American Quaker poet and reformer, b. near Haverhill, Mass.
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's birthplace (the house dates from c.1688) and the home of Hannah Dustin Dustin, Hannah, b. 1657, d. after 1729, Colonial New England heroine. She was captured (1697) in a Native American raid on Haverhill, Mass., and taken up the Merrimack River to a place near modern Concord, N.H.
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. A branch of Northeastern Univ. is in the city.


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The company's manufacturing facilities in Asia, piano factory in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and distribution center in Europe remain intact, as well as PianoDisc's North American distribution network.
From Briefings on Long-Term Care Regulations, by Julian Rich, president and CEO of Penacook Place Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Haverhill, Mass.
Included in the purchase are five Aristech chemical plants located in Neal, WV; Haverhill, OH; Neville Island, PA; Pasadena and LaPorte, TX; and a state-of-the-art research center in Pittsburgh.
 
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