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MANCHESTER , a former See also:city of See also:Chesterfield See also:county, See also:Virginia, U.S.A., (on the S. See also:side of 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), since 1910 a See also:part of See also:Richmond. Pop. (1900), 9715, of whom 3338 were negroes; (1906 estimate), 9997. It is served by the See also:Atlantic See also:Coast See also:Line, the Seaboard See also:Air Line, and the See also:Southern See also:railways, by electric lines to Richmond and See also:Petersburg, and by numerous river boats. It is finely situated in a See also:bend of the river, with about 2 M. of See also:water front; on the heights above is See also:Forest 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 See also:park, a See also:pleasure resort, and adjacent to it Woodland Heights, a beautiful residential See also:district. From the surrounding See also:country come much agricultural produce, See also:coal, See also:lumber, bricks and See also:granite. There is a See also:good See also:harbour and excellent water See also:power. Among the manufactures are See also:paper, See also:flour, See also:cotton goods, See also:leather,See also:brick,railway supplies, &c. The value of the city's factory products increased from $1,621,358 in 1900 to $3,226,268 in 1905, or 99%.
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