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CHARLOTTESVILLE , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Albemarle county, See also:Virginia, U.S.A., picturesquely situated on he Rivanna See also:river, 96 m. (by See also:rail) N.W. of See also:Richmond in the beautiful See also:Piedmont region. Pop. (189o) 5591; (1900) 6449 (2613 being negroes); (1910) 6765. The city is served by the Chesapeake & See also:Ohio, and the See also:Southern See also:railways, and is best known as the seat of the University of Virginia (q.v.), which was founded by See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Jefferson. Here are also the Rawlings See also:Institute for girls, founded as the Albemarle See also:Female Institute in 1857, and a University school. Monticello, Jefferson's See also:home, is still See also:standing about 2 M. See also:south-See also:east of the city on a See also:fine See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill, called Little See also:Mountain until Jefferson Italianised the name. The south See also:pavilion of the See also:present See also:house is the See also:original See also:brick See also:building, one and a See also:half storeys high, first occupied by Jefferson in 1770. He was buried near the house, which was sold by his daughter some years after his See also:death. See also:George See also:Rogers See also:Clark was See also:born near Monticello. Charlottesville is a See also:trade centre for the surrounding See also:country; among its manufactures are woollen goods, overalls, agricultural implements and
cigars and See also:tobacco. The city owns its See also:water-See also:supply See also:system and owns and operates its See also:gas plant; an electric plant, privately owned, See also:lights the streets and many houses. The site of the city was a See also:part of the See also:Castle Hill See also:estate of Thomas See also:- WALKER, FRANCIS AMASA (1840-1897)
- WALKER, FREDERICK (184o--1875)
- WALKER, GEORGE (c. 1618-169o)
- WALKER, HENRY OLIVER (1843— )
- WALKER, HORATIO (1858– )
- WALKER, JOHN (1732—1807)
- WALKER, OBADIAH (1616-1699)
- WALKER, ROBERT (d. c. 1658)
- WALKER, ROBERT JAMES (1801-1869)
- WALKER, SEARS COOK (1805—1853)
- WALKER, THOMAS (1784—1836)
- WALKER, WILLIAM (1824-1860)
Walker (1715–1794), an intimate friend of George See also:Washington. The See also:act establishing the See also:town of Charlottesville was passed by the See also:Assembly of Virginia in Nov ember 1762, when the name Charlottesville (in See also:honour of See also:Queen See also:Charlotte, wife of George III.) first appeared. In 1779–1780 about 4000 of See also:Burgoyne's troops, surrendered under the " See also:Convention " of See also:Saratoga, were quartered here; in See also:October 178o part of them were sent to See also:Lancaster, Pa., and later the See also:rest were sent See also:north. In See also:June 1781 See also:Tarleton raided Charlottesville and the vicinity, nearly captured Thomas Jefferson, and destroyed the public records and some arms and See also:ammunition. In 1888 Charlottesville was chartered as a city administratively See also:independent of the county.
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