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LYNCHBURG , a See also:city of See also:- CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
- CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
- CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN
- CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
- CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
- CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
- CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)
Campbell See also:county, See also:Virginia, U.S.A., on 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 See also:river, about 125 M. W. by S. of See also:Richmond. Pop. (19oo) 18,891, of whom 8254 were negroes; (1910) 29,494. It is served by the See also:Southern, the Chesapeake & See also:Ohio and the See also:Norfolk & Western See also:railways. Its terraced hills command See also:fine views of See also:mountain, valley and river scenery, extending westward to the See also:noble Peaks of See also:Otter and lesser spurs of the See also:Blue See also:Ridge about 20 M. distant. On an See also:elevation between Rivermont See also:Avenue and the James river are the buildings of See also:Randolph-See also:Macon Woman's See also:college (opened in 1893), which is conducted by a self-perpetuating See also:board under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal 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, See also:South, and is one of the Randolph-Macon See also:system of colleges and See also:academies (see See also:ASHLAND, VA.). In Lynchburg, too, are the Virginia See also:Christian college (co-educational, 1903), and the Virginia collegiate and See also:industrial school for negroes. The city has a public library, well-equipped hospitals, public parks and the Rivermont Viaduct, 110o ft. See also:long and 140 ft. high. See also:Lynch-See also:burg is the see of a See also:Protestant Episcopal See also:bishop. See also:Tobacco of a See also:superior quality and large quantities of See also:coal, See also:iron ore and See also:granite are produced in the neighbourhood. See also:Good See also:water See also:power is furnished by the James river, and Lynchburg is one of the See also:principal manufacturing cities of the See also:state. The See also:boot and See also:shoe See also:industry was established in 1900, and is much the most important. In 1905 the city was the largest southern manufacturer of these articles and one of the largest distributors in the See also:country. The factory products increased in value from $2,993,551 in 1900 to $4,965,435 in 1905, or 65.9%.
Lynchburg, named in See also:honour of See also:John Lynch, who inherited a large See also:tract of See also:land here and in 1757 established a See also:ferry across the James, was established as a See also:village by See also:Act of See also:Assembly in 1786, was incorporated as a See also:town in 1805, and became a city in 1852. During the See also:Civil See also:War it was an important See also:base of supplies for the Confederates; on the 16th of See also:June 1864 it was invested by See also:Major-See also:General See also:David See also:Hunter (18oz–1886), but three days later he was driven away by General Jubal A. See also:Early. In 1908 the city's corporate limits were extended.
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