Springfield
['spriŋfi:ld]
Definition
(noun.) capital of the state of Illinois.
(noun.) a city and manufacturing center in southwestern Massachusetts on the Connecticut River.
(noun.) a city of southwestern Missouri.
Edited by Fred--From WordNet
Examples
- He did so, and I at once relieved him from the command of the 13th army corps and ordered him back to Springfield, Illinois. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- How otherwise could the Champion Harvesting Machine Company of Springfield, Ohio, turn out an equipped machine every four minutes each working day of ten hours? William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Manufacture of the motorcycle upon a commercial scale forthwith commenced in the bicycle manufactory at Springfield, Mass. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He had been a brigadier, in command at Cairo, while I was mustering officer at Springfield without any rank. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- A letter addressed to me at Springfield, Illinois, will reach me. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- My duties, I thought, had ended at Springfield, and I was prepared to start home by the evening train, leaving at nine o'clock. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In 1901 a bicycle manufacturer of Springfield, Mass. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In 1835 Davenport constructed a small circular railway at Springfield, Mass. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- A few days after I was in charge of it and in camp on the fair grounds near Springfield. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- When they were ready to go to Springfield I went with them and remained there until they were assigned to a regiment. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- There was direct railroad communication between Springfield and Quincy, but I thought it would be good preparation for the troops to march there. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Brigadier-General John Pope was stationed at Springfield, as United States mustering officer, all the time I was in the State service. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Finally the operator said to Fox: 'I have a fine Springfield musket, suppose you try it! Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Uncle Sam had a great number of muzzle-loading Springfield rifles left from the Civil War. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- McClernand was at that time in Springfield, Illinois. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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