HAM 
ecclefiaftical and other fplendid buildings. There are 
only two churches. The magiftrates are po(Te(Ted of'the 
civil and criminal jurifdidiion. It formerly belonged to 
tlie abbey of Fulda, from which it was fold t.o the bifhop 
of Minden. In the latter end of the fixteenth century, 
it came into the pofleflion of the elder line of Wolfen- 
buttel. In the year 1625, it was find befieged by the 
Danes, and on their departure taken, by capitulation, 
by the Imperialifts,-who continued the/e till the year 
1633, to the great opprellion of the place, and, in 1630, 
put the bifhop of Hildeflieim in pofleflion of one half of 
the town, which had been /mortgaged to him; but this 
mortgage being redeemable for the fum of two thoufand 
florins, the royal burghers raifed the money, and paid 
it at the town-houfe of Hildeflieim, of s which duke Chrif- 
tian exprefled his grateful fenfe to them ; and in confi- 
deration of this.their zeal, in 1631 granted to the town 
the toll and police. In the fame year,, duke Frederic 
Ulrich transferred the town to duke Chriftian, of the 
Zell line, to wliofe reprefentatives it did private ho¬ 
mage. In 1633, the imperial garrifon furrendered it to 
duke George, asgeneral of the Swedifh forces. In 1757, 
it was taken, on capitulation, by the French, who eva¬ 
cuated it again the following year. It is twenty-eight 
miles fouth-weft of Hanover, and eighteen fouth-eaft of 
Minden. Lat.52.10. N. Ion. 26. 38. E. Ferro. 
HA'MER, a town of Poland, inthe palatinate of Pof- 
nania : thirty-two miles weft-fouth-weft of Pofnania. 
HA'MER (El), a town of Aflatic Turkey, in the 
Arabian Lrak : 140 miles wefl-fouth-weft of Balfora. 
HA'MESOKEN, J. The crime of-aflaulting a man in 
his own houfe ; a burglary. An obfolete law term. 
HA'MI, a country of Chinefe Tartary, which contains 
one city, and a great number of rich villages, fituated 
near the Defert of Cobi, which bounds it on th'$ eaft and 
weft. The foil produces abundance of grain, fruits, 
leguminous plants, and rich pafture. The rice which 
grows here is particularly efteemed in China; and pome¬ 
granates, oranges, peaches, and prunes, have here a 
moft exquifite tafte. But there is no fruit more delicate 
than the melons of Hand, which are carried to Peking 
for the: emperor’s table. It fcarcely ever rains at Hami; 
the country, is watered principally by the fnow which 
falls in. winter, and by the water of this fnow when 
melted, which is collected at the bottoms of the moun¬ 
tains, and preferved with great care and induftry. Their . 
grapes are uncommonly fine ; and they are dried by ex- 
pofing them to the fcojching rays of the fun; afterwards 
they pick them, and leave them in that manner until 
they are quite dry, without lofing any of their fubftance 
or flavour. The inhabitants are Mahometans, large, 
robuft, and well clothed. They firft fubmitted to China 
about the latter end-of the feventeenth century. 
HAMI-I-lO'TUN,. a town of Chinefe Tartary, and 
capital of the country above defcribed. It isfurrounded 
by lofty walls, which are half a league in circumference, 
and has two gates, one of which fronts the eaft and the 
other the weft. Thefe gates are very (lately, and make 
a grand appearance. The ftreets are ftraighr, and well 
laid out'; but the houfes being only of one (lory, make 
little (how : however, as this city enjoys a ferene Iky, 
and is fituatpd in a beautiful plain, watered by a river, 
and furrounded by mountains which (helter it from tiie 
north winds, it is a moft agreeable and delightful refi- 
dence. On whatever (ide we approach, b.eautiful gar¬ 
dens prefent themfelves, which contain every thing jhat 
a fertile and cultivated (oil can produce. All the fur- 
rounding fields are enchanting ; they, are bounded by 
plains, wlierd a number of beautiful horfes are fed, and 
a fpecies of excellent ftieep. It is 1045 miles north-well 
of Peking. Lat. 42. 55. N. Ion. 111. 30. E. Ferro. 
HAM-'ILCAR. See Amilcar, vol. i. p.475. 
HAM'ILTON, a town of Scotland, in Clydefdale, 
feated on the river Clyde, eleven miles fouth-eaft of 
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Glafgow; from whence the noble family of Hamilton 
take their name and title of duke. The town is- Eared 
in the middle of a very, agreeable plain 5 diftant thirteen 
miles north-north-weft from Lanerk. 
HAM'ILTON. There are three townfl/ips of this 
name, belonging to the American States in Pe'hnfylva- 
nia ; one in each of the counties of York, Franklin, and 
Northampton. 
HAM'ILTON, a townfhip of the American States, 
in Herkemer county, New-York, twelve miles fquare, 
twenty fouth of old Fort N Schuyler, a level trail of good 
land. Orifke or Olhiflce creek, a water of Mohawk, . 
Chemung,, a water of Sufquehannah, rife in this‘town-, 
(hip. I11 1796 there were 1202 inhabitants, of whom 196 
were eleilors. 
HAM'ILTON', a.town of the American States, in 
Albany county, New-York, iu the extenfive townfhip 
of Water Vlict, formerly called the Glafs FaElory ; and 
has its prefent name in honour of that great patron of 
American manufathires, the late fecretary of the trea- 
fury of the United States. It lies ten miles weft of Al¬ 
bany, two miles from the Scheneclady road ; and is one 
of tlie moft decifive efforts of private enterprife in the • 
manufadturing line, as yet exhibited in North America. . 
The glafs manufactory is now fo well eftablilhed, and. fo 
happily fituated for the fupply of the northern and well- - 
ern parts of the States of New-York, as well as Ver¬ 
mont and Canada, that it is to be expelled the,proprie¬ 
tors will be amply rewarded for their great and expen-, 
five exertions. The glafs is alfo in good reputation. 
A copious dream runs through the heart of the fettle- 
ment, which lies high ; and being- furrounded by pine 
plants the air, is highly falu-brious. Tlie .grearScho.arie 
road croffes the fettlement. The enterprifing proprie¬ 
tors of the glafs and other works in this thriving fettle- 
ment, were incorporated by the legiflature of New- 
York in the fpring of 1797, by the name of The Hamil¬ 
ton Manv/aEluring Society. In the neighbourhood of thefe 
glafs works, a block was cut out of an ancient tree, not 
many years ago, containing evident marks of an axe or 
fome edge tool,'made 185 years ago, determined accord¬ 
ing'to the ufual and" certain mode of afcertaining the 
age of trees. The- block is preferved in Albany as a 
-euriofity. Henry HudfOn afcended the river which 
bears-his name, as high as Albany, in the autumn of 
1609, 187 years ago, land.thefe-marks were probably 
made by fume of-his men. 
HAM'ILTON, a diftri( 5 l of the American States, in 
Tenneflee, fituated pn the waters of the Holllon and 
Clinch; bounded fouth by Teneflee river, and fepa- 
rated from Mero diftriit on the weft by an uninhabited 
country. It contains the counties of Knox, Jefferfon,-. 
Blount, Sevier, and Grainger. 
HAM'ILTON, a county of the American States, in 
the north-w«ft territory, eredled Jan. 2, 1790; “be¬ 
ginning on the bank of the Ohio river at the confluence 
of the Little Miami; and down tlie laid Ohio river, to 
tlie mouth of'the Big Miami, and up faid Miami to the 
Standing Stone, Forks, or branch of the faid river ; and 
thence with a line drawn due eaft to tlie Little Miami, and 
down faid Little Miami river to the place of beginning.” 
HAM'ILTON, a fort of the American States, on the 
eaft fide of Great Miami, in the north-weft territory ; , 
twenty-five miles fouth of Fort St, Clair, and twenty- 
five north <of Cincinnati. The (ituatron is as advantage¬ 
ous for defence, as pleafing to the eye. It is built upon 
a narrow neck of land, commanding’ the Miami on the 
north-weft, and a prairie and (heetof water on thenorth- 
eaft, about a mile wide, and two and a half miles long. 
The foil near it is rich and fertile ; and forage may-be 
got in plenty by mowing natural grafs. 
HAM'ILTON, a fea-port in the Bermuda Iflands. 
HAM'ILTON (Anthony, count of), defeended from 
a younger branch of the dukes of Hamilton, born in Ire¬ 
land . 
