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DECATUR , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Macon county, See also:Illinois, U.S.A., in the central See also:part of the See also:state, near the Sangamon See also:river, about 39 M. E. of See also:Springfield. Pop. (1890) 16,841; (1900) 20,754, of whom 1939 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910 See also:census) 31,140. Decatur is served by the See also:Cincinnati, See also:- HAMILTON
- HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
- HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
- HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
- HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
- HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
- HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
- HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
- HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
- HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
- HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
- HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)
Hamilton & See also:Dayton, the Illinois Central, the See also:Wabash (which maintains See also:car shops here), and the Vandalia See also:railways, and is connected with See also:Danville, See also:Saint See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis, Springfield, See also:Peoria, See also:Bloomington and See also:Champaign by the Illinois See also:Traction See also:System (electric). Decatur has three large parks and a public library; and S.E. of Fairview See also:Park, with a campus of 35 acres, is the 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 Millikin University (co-educational; See also:Cumberland Presbyterian), founded in 1901 by James Millikin, and opened in 1903. The university comprises See also:schools of liberal arts, See also:engineering (See also:mechanical, See also:electrical, and See also:civil), domestic See also:economy, See also:fine and applied arts, See also:commerce and See also:finance, library See also:science, pedagogy, See also:music, and a preparatory school; in 1907–1908 it had 936 students, 440 being in the school of music. Among the city's manufactures are See also:iron, See also:brass castings, agricultural implements, See also:flour, See also:Indian See also:corn products, soda fountains, plumbers' supplies, coffins and caskets, See also:bar and See also:store See also:fixtures, See also:gas and electric See also:light fixtures, See also:street cars, and car trucks. The value of the city's factory products'increased from $5,133,677 in 1900 to $8,667,302 in 1905, or 68.8 %. The city is also an important See also:shipping point for agricultural products (especially See also:grain), and for See also:coal taken from the two mines in the city and from mines in the surrounding See also:country. The first See also:settlement in Decatur was made in 1829, and the See also:place was incorporated in 1836. Onthe 22nd of See also:February 1856 a See also:convention of Illinois editors met at Decatur to determine upon a policy of opposition to the See also:Kansas-See also:Nebraska See also:Bill. They called a state convention, which met at Bloomington, and which is considered to have taken the first step toward See also:founding the Republican party in Illinois.
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