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ALEXANDRIA , a See also:city and a See also:port of entry of Alexandria See also:county, - See also:Virginia, U.S.A., on the W. See also:bank of the See also:Potomac See also:river, 6 m. below See also:Washington, D.C., with which it is connected by a See also:ferry. Pop. (189o) 14,339; (1900) 14,528, of whom 4533 were negroes; (191o, See also:census), 15,329. Alexandria is served by the See also:Baltimore & See also:Ohio, the Chesapeake & Ohio, the See also:Southern and the Washington Southern See also:railways; by the Washington, Alexandria & See also:Mount See also:Vernon electric railway; and by several lines of river and See also:coasting steamboats. It is a See also:quaint, old-fashioned city, with quiet, shady streets, and a number of buildings dating back to the 18th See also:century; of these the most interesting is the old See also:Christ See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church in which See also:George Washington and See also:Robert E. See also:- LEE
- LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
- LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
- LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
- LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
- LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
- LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
- LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
- LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
- LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
- LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
- LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
- LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
- LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)
Lee worshipped. The city has a public library. About 21 m. W. of Alexandria is the See also:Protestant Episcopal Theological See also:Seminary in Virginia, opened here in 1823 and chartered in 1854; in 1906–1907 the Seminary had a See also:faculty of 7 and 46 students. Alexandria is a distributing and jobbing centre for the See also:north-See also:east counties of Virginia. Among its manufactures are fertilizers, bottles, carbonated beverages, See also:flour, See also:beer, shoes, See also:silk See also:- THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)
thread, aprons, brooms, See also:leather, bricks, and tiling and structural See also:iron. The See also:total value of its, factory product in 1905 was $2,186,658. The See also:municipality owns and operates its See also:gas-See also:lighting plant. Alexandria, first known as Belhaven, was named in See also:honour of See also:John See also:Alexander, who in the last See also:quarter of the 17th century had bought the See also:land on which
the city now stands from Robert Howison; the first See also:settlement here was made in 1695. Alexandria was laid out in 1949 and was incorporated in 1779. From 1790 until 1846 Alexandria county was a See also:part of the See also:District of See also:Columbia; at See also:present the city, although within the limits of Alexandria county, is not administratively a part of it. The city was re-chartered in 1552. For some See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time Alexandria seemed destined to become an important commercial centre, but the rise of Washington created a See also:rival that soon outstripped it, and since the See also:Civil See also:War the city's growth has been comparatively slight. At Alexandria in 1755 See also:General See also:Edward See also:Braddock organized his fatal expedition against Fort See also:Duquesne, and here, in See also:April of the same See also:year, the See also:governors of Virginia, See also:Massachusetts, New See also:York, See also:Pennsylvania and See also:Maryland met (in a See also:house still See also:standing) to determine upon concerted See also:action against the See also:French in See also:America. In See also:March 1785 commissioners from Virginia and Maryland met here to discuss the commercial relations of the two states, See also:finishing their business at Mount Vernon on the 28th with an agreement for freedom of See also:trade and freedom of See also:navigation of the Potomac. The Maryland legislature in ratifying this agreement on the 22nd of See also:November proposed a See also:conference between representatives from all the states to consider the See also:adoption of definite commercial regulations. This led to the calling of the See also:Annapolis See also:convention of 1786, which in turn led to the calling of the Federal convention of 1787. In 1814 Alexandria was threatened by a See also:British See also:fleet, but bought See also:immunity from attack by paying about $1oo,000. At the opening of the Civil War the city was occupied by Federal troops, and See also:great excitement throughout the North was caused by the killing (May 24, 1861) of See also:Colonel E. E. See also:Ellsworth (1837–1861) by See also:Captain See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James W. See also:Jackson, a hotel proprietor, from whose See also:building Ellsworth had removed a Confederate See also:flag. After the erection of the See also:state of See also:West Virginia (1863), and until the See also:close of the war, Alexandria was the seat of what was known as the " Alexandria See also:Government " (see VIRGINIA).
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