Camden
Camden names 3 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Camden city, port of entry
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
city, port of entry, and county - seat of Camden co., N. J .; on the Delaware river, opposite Philadelphia, with which it is connected by several ferries. The city is situated on a level plain and the streets cross one another am at right angles. It is noted for its immense market gardens and manuf tures, and is the site of tem. There are 200 miles of paved streets and 115 miles of water mains. The educational facilities comprise 38 public schools with an enrollment of over 20,000 pupils besides a public and private high school. There are 9 banks with a combined capital of over $3,000,- 000. The principal industries are shipbuilding, worsted goods, oil cloth, boots and shoes, textiles, talking machines, foundry products, pens, and soups. The total assessed realty valuation in 1919 was $74,449,310. The net funded debt was $4,836,155. The budget was $1,- 874,286. History. The city was chartered in 1828, and became an important commercial and business center with the incorporation of the Camden and Amboy railroad in 1833. Pop. (1910) 94,538; (1920) 116,309.
Camden a town and county-seat of Kershaw co.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a town and county-seat of Kershaw co., S. C.; on the Seaboard Air Line, the Southern, and the Atlantic Coast Line systems; 32 miles N. E. of Columbia. It has extensive cotton and grain interests and is a health resort for sufferers from throat and lung troubles. Camden was the site of three battles. On Aug. 16, 1780, noted American forces under General Gates, 3,600 strong, chiefly militia, were totally defeated by Lord Cornwallis. In this action Baron De Kalb, commanding the right wing, was mortally wounded. Congress erected a marble monument in his honor on the street which bears his name; La Fayette laid the corner stone in 1825. On April 25, 1781, Greene, who had succeeded Gates, was attacked and worsted by Lord Rawdon at Hobkirk's Hill, near Camden. On Feb. 24, 1865, Camden was taken by General Sherman, after a lively skirmish.
Camden CHARLES PRATT, MAR- QUIS
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
CHARLES PRATT, MAR- QUIS, an English statesman, youngest son of Sir John Pratt, Chief-Justice of the Court of King's Bench; born in 1714. After having studied for the law, he was called to the bar in 1738. After nearly 20 years devoted to close study and but little employment, he was appointed attorney-general, and later lord chief-justice. In 1765 he was raised to the peerpeeed age as Baron Camden. He distinguished himself at once by his exertions in behalf of the American colonies, and in 1766 rose to the highest legal dignity, that of lord high chancellor. He died in London, April 18, 1794.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
When Collier's wrote in 1921 it counted 116,309 people in Camden, New Jersey, and listed shipbuilding, talking machines, pens and soups among its industries; the city kept growing to about 124,000 by 1950 and has since fallen to roughly 71,000. New York Shipbuilding closed in 1967, the RCA Victor works and the Esterbrook pen trade are gone, and although Campbell Soup still keeps its headquarters there it stopped canning in the city in 1990 eest and most troubled municipalities in the country, with the state taking over its finances in 2002 and its police force dissolved into a county department in 2013. The several ferries to Philadelphia were largely displaced by the Benjamin Franklin Bridge (1926) and the PATCO rail line (1969). Camden, South Carolina, is still the seat of Kershaw County but is a small town of about 7,000, better known now for steeplechase racing and its Revolutionary battlefield than for cotton or as a resort for "throat and lung troubles"; the entry on Charles Pratt still stands, though he was made Earl Camden in 1786 eement the marquessate went to his son in 1812.
Written for this edition, 2026.