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MANASSAS , a See also:district of See also:Prince See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:county, See also:Virginia, and a See also:town of the district, about 3o m. W.S.W. of Washing-ton, D.C. Pop. (191o) of the district, 3381; of the town, 1217. The See also:village of Manassas (in the town), known also as Manassas Junction, is served by the Chesapeake & See also:Ohio and the See also:Southern See also:railways. See also:North of the junction is See also:Bull Run, a small stream which empties into the Occoquan, an See also:arm of the
See also:Potomac. In this neighbourhood two important battles of the See also:American See also:Civil See also:War, the first and second battles of Bull Run, were fought on the 21st of See also:July 1861 and on the 29th-3oth of See also:August 1862 respectively; by Southern historians these battles are called the battles of Manassas. At Manassas is the Manassas See also:Industrial School for Coloured Youth (non-sectarian; privately supported), which was founded in 1892 and opened in 1894; in 1908–1909 it had nine teachers (all negroes) and 121 pupils, all in elementary grades.
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