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CHARLOTTE , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Mecklenburg county, See also:North Carolina, U.S.A., situated on See also:Sugar See also:Creek, in the See also:south-See also:west See also:part of the See also:state, about 175 M. south-west of See also:Raleigh. Pop. (189o) 11,557; (1900) 18,091, of whom 7151 were negroes; (1910 See also:census) 34,014. It is served by the Seaboard See also:Air See also:Line and the See also:Southern See also:railways: Among • the public buildings are a See also:fine city See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, See also:court-See also:house, Federal and See also:Young Men's See also:Christian Association buildings, and a See also:Carnegie library; several hospitals: St See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter's (Episcopal) for whites, See also:Good Samaritan (Episcopal) for negroes, See also:Mercy See also:General (See also:Roman See also:Catholic) and a Presbyterian. The city is the seat of See also:Elizabeth See also:College and Conservatory of See also:Music (1897), a non-sectarian institution for See also:women, of the Presbyterian College for women, and of See also:Biddle University (Presbyterian) for negroes, establishedin 1867. There is a See also:United States assay See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office, established as a See also:branch See also:mint in 1837, during the days of North Carolina's See also:great importance as a See also:gold producing state, and closed from 1861 to 1869. The city has large See also:cotton, clothing, and See also:knitting See also:mills, and manufactories of cotton-See also:seed oil, tools, machinery, fertilizers and See also:furniture. The See also:total value of its factory products was $4,849,630 in 1905. There are large electric See also:power See also:plants in and near the city. See also:Printing and See also:publishing are of some importance: Charlotte is the publication headquarters of the See also:African Methodist Episcopal See also:Zion 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; and several textile See also:trade See also:journals and two medical See also:periodicals are published here. The See also:water-See also:works are owned by the See also:municipality. Charlotte was settled about 1750 and was incorporated in 1768. Here in May 1775 was adopted the " Mecklenburg See also:Declaration of See also:Independence " (see NORTH CAROLINA), and in See also:honour of its signers there is a See also:monument in front of the court-house. Charlotte was occupied in See also:September 1780 by See also:Cornwallis, who See also:left it after learning of the See also:battle of See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King's See also:Mountain, and subsequently it became the See also:principal See also:base and See also:rendezvous of General See also:Greene.
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