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and dukes appointed their fpecial officers, as receiver, 
havener, and cuftomer. Carew. ■ 
HAU'ENSTEIN, a town of Germany, in Swabia, 
capital of the county to which it gives name, in the 
Aufrrian Brifgau : the,county contains rich mines of 
iron, and is divided into eight communities ; the town 
is fituated near the Rhine : three miles eaft of Laufen- 
burg, and thirteen north-weft of Baden. 
HA'VER, f. [from have.] PoflefTor;. holder : 
Valour is the chiefeft virtue, and ■ 
Moft dignifies the haver. Skakefpeare. 
HA'VER, is a common word in the northern counties 
for oats ; as, haver bread for oaten bread ; perhaps from 
avena, Lat. or haber, Germ.—When you would anneal, 
take a blue-ftone, Inch as they make haver or oat cakes 
upon, and lay it upon the crbfs bars of iron. Peacham. 
HA'VER, f. in botany. See Avena. 
HAV'ERCAMP (Siegbert), a Dutch critic and phi- 
lologift, born in 1683. He was made profeffor of hif- 
tory, the Greek language, and rhetoric,' at Leyden, 
where he died in 1742, at the age of fifty-nine. His 
learning and induftry w,ere difplayed in the following 
works: 1. S. F. Tertulliani Apologeticus, Lugcl. Bat. 1718, 
Svo. a. Differtatio de Numifmate Alexandri Magni, quo qua- 
tuorfumma Orbis Terrarum hnperia continentur, & de Nummis 
contorniatis, 1722, 4to. 3..A11 edition of The Sicilia Nu- 
mifmatica of Parutai cum Commentario, 1733,' 3 vols. folio. 
4. T. Lucretius Carus de Rerum Natura, cum Notis Variorum , 
1725, 2 vols. 4to. 5, Jofeplii Opera omnia Greece & Latine, 
1726, 2 vols. folio. 6. Eutropii Breviarium Hifo'ria Romance, 
1-29, 8 vo. 7. Thefaurus Morellianus, five Familiarum Ro- 
vianarum Numifmata omnia, Amfelod. 1734, 2 vols. large 
folio. 8. Sylloge Scriptorum , qui de Lingq.ee Graces vera & 
rejEla Pronuntiatione Commentaries reliquerunt, Lugd. Batav. 
1 7 36-1740, 2 vols. 8vo. 9. Lcs Medail/cs du Due de Cray, 
Amf. 1738, 4to. 10. Introdu&io in Hiforiam patriam, Lugd. 
Bat. 1739, 8vo. 11. Introduflio in AnHquitates Romanos: & 
Antiquitaturri Gracarum pracipue Atticarum Defcriptio brevis , 
1740, Svo. 12. A General fliftory of the Affairs of Afia, 
Africa, and Europe, fince the End of the fabulous Ages, 
(in Dutch,) 1736, 1737, 1739, folio. 13. Dionyfus Perie- 
g tes, &c. Grace & Lat. cum Arifloph'anis Pluto,. 1736, Svo. 
14. Orofii adverfus Paganosjiiforiaritm Libri VII. 1738, 4to. 
1 5. MitJ'eum Wildianum, Amftel. 1741, 8vo. 16. Nummophy- 
iacium Regina Chrifina, Ha'ga Comit. 1742, folio. This 
work contains the rare ft coins of the Roman emperors of 
the firft, fecond, and third, fize, which were collected 
by Chriftina queen of Sweden. 17. C. Cnfpi Salufii qua 
* exjlant, Amfelod. 1742, two parts, 3vo. 18. Cenforinus de 
Die nataii, Lugd. Bat. 1743, Svo. Havercamp had like- 
wife a confiderable - fhare in f. Poleni Supplementa nova 
utriufque T'nefauri Romanarum Gracarumque Antiquilatum , 
Vend. 1737, folio ; and in the large Thejaiirus Italia, pub- 
liffied by Peter van der Aa, at Amfterdam, between 1704 
and 1723. 
HAV'ERFORD, a townfnip of the American States, 
in Delaware county, Pennfylvania. 1 
HAVERFORDWEST', a town and county of itfelf, 
in PembrokefHire^ South Wales. It is a place of great 
antiquity, containing about 600 houfes and 5000 inhabi¬ 
tants ; it is governed by a mayor, twenty-four council- 
men, (out of whom the mayor is chofen,) lheriff, &c. 
Here the affizes, quarter-feflionS, &e. are held for the 
county of Pembroke, as Well as for the town and county. 
It fends one member to parliament. It was made a 
county of itfelf, firft by charter of Edward IV. after¬ 
wards by Henry V111. and laftly by James I. It is called 
by the Wellh Hwlford, and is fituated on the fide of a 
hill, near the Dougledye. It enjoys feveral privileges 
befides that of keeping its own courts. The mayor is 
admiral, coroner, efcheator,_ and clerk of the markets 
within its precinCts. The town was formerly fortified 
with a rampart and caftle, fuppofed to have been ereCted 
by Gilbert earl of Clare; it was ode of thofe poffeffed 
HAY 
by the Flemings when they firft came into Dyvet, or 
Pembrokelhire, the fortifications of which were deftroyed 
in the civil wars of Charles I. Their ruins ftill exift. 
Robert de Haverford founded here a priory of black 
canons, and gave it feveral churches and tythes in his 
barony, which were all confirmed to them by Edward 
III. The town is built in a beautiful and healthy fitua- 
tioib on the river Clithey, which is navigable to the 
town, and difembogues into Milford Haven. It has a 
good trade, but is particularly noticed as a place of refi- 
d’ence for a great number of independent gentry. It is 
256 miles from London. There are three parifli-churches 
within the town, and one in the fuburbs. Here is alfo a 
commodious quay for (hips of burthen, a cufto,m-houfe, 
and a fine ftone’bridge over the Dougledye, with a good 
free-fehool, a charity-fchool for boys and girls, and an 
alms-houfe. The markets, which are held on Tuefdavs' 
and Saturdays, are abundantly fupplied. There are eight 
annual fairs; fix in the\town, and two in the juburbs, 
called Frendergaf, viz. on May 12, June 12, July 18, 
September 4, and 24, Otftober 18 ; and on May 1, and 
September 29, in Prendergaft; 
HAV'ERHJLL, a poft-town of the American States, 
in New Hamplhire, and the capital of Grafton county, 
fituated on the eaft fide of Connetticut river, in Lovver 
'Coos'. It has a well-conftrudted court-houfe, and a con¬ 
gregational church. This townffiip was incorporated in 
1763, and then contained 552 inhabitants. In it is a bed 
of iron ore, which has yielded fome profit to the pro¬ 
prietor, alfo a quarry of free-ftone of an excellent qua¬ 
lity. It has alfo a fulling-mill, an oil-mill, and many 
other excellent mill-feats. It is oppofite to.Newbury in 
Vermont, thirty-five miles above Dartmouth-college, 
119 miles north-weft of Portfmouth. 
HAV'ERHILL, a handfome poft-town of the Ante-. 
rican States, in Effex county, Mafiachufetts, fituated 
on the eaft fide of Merrimack river, acrofs which is an 
elegant bridge, connecting this town with Bradford, 650 
feet long, and 34 wide. It has three arches, of 180 feet 
each, fupported by three handfome ftone piers, forty 
feet fquare ; with a draw of thirty feet, over the chan¬ 
nel of the river, in the centre of the bridge. Haverhill 
lias a confiderable inland trade, lying about thirty-two 
miles north-by-weft of Bolton, a.nd twelve from New- 
buryport, at the mouth of the river, and about twenty- 
eight fouth-we'ft of Portfmouth in New Hamplhire. It 
lies chiefly upon two ftreets ; the principal of which 
runs parallel With the river. Velfels of one hundred 
tons burthen can go up to it. Travellers are (truck 
with the pleafantnels of the (ituation ; and a number of 
neat and well-finiHied houfes give it an air of elegance. 
Here are two churches, one for congregational)fts, and 
one for baptifts ; three diftilleries, and one brewery. 
Large veflels are annually built here, and feveral are 
employed in the Weft-India trade. A valuable manu¬ 
factory of fail-cloth was eftabliflied hCre in 1789. The 
towiifhip contains 2408 inhabitants. 
HAV'ERIL, a fmall town fituated partly in Effex, 
and partly in Suffolk, diftant fifty-five miles from Lon¬ 
don. It appears, by the ruins of a church and caftle, 
to have been formerly of much greater'confequence. It 
has a charity-fchool; with a market on Wednefdays ; 
fairs May 12, and Auguft 2 6. Adjoining is Lidgate, 
which gave birth and name to the famous poet, orator, 
mathematician, and philofopher, John Lidgate, who 
died in 1440. 
HAV'ERSER, a fmall ifland of Scotland, near the 
weft coaft of the ifland of Skye. Lat. 57. 22. N. Ion. 3. 
17. W. Edinburgh. 
HAV'ERSTRAW, a townfhipof the American States, 
in Orange county, New York, fituated on the weft fide 
of a bay of the lame name, thirty five miles north of 
New-York city. It contains 4826 inhabitants, of whom 
ninety-eight are eleCIors. 
HAV'ERSTRAW BAY, a bay of the American 
. States, 
