Chambersburg, capital of Franklin county, Pennsylvania, in a pleasant valley 52 miles WSW. of Harrisburg by rail, has several manufactories, breweries, foundries, and machine-shops. A large part of the borough was burned by the Confederates in 1864. Pop. (1880) 6877; (1890) 8006.
Chambersburg
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 92
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