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MONROE , a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of Monroe county, See also:

Michigan, U.S.A., on the See also:

RAISIN (Fr. raisin, grape; Lat. racemes)

Raisin See also:

RIVER

river, 2 M. from See also:

Lake See also:

ERIE

Erie,near the See also:

south-eastern corner of the See also:

state. Pop. (189o), 5258; (1900), 5043; (1904), 6128; (1910), 6893. It is served by the Michigan Central, the Lake See also:

SHORE

Shore & Michigan See also:

SOUTHERN

Southern, the Pere See also:

Marquette, and the See also:

DETROIT

Detroit & See also:

Toledo Shore See also:

LINE

Line See also:

RAILWAYS

railways, and • by electric lines to Detroit and Toledo. There is a statue here (dedicated in 1910) of Gen. G. W. See also:

CUSTER, GEORGE ARMSTRONG (1839-1876)

Custer. Monroe has a See also:

German Altenheim and St See also:

Mary's See also:

academy and See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

college for girls. The city has a large See also:

trade in farming-produce and See also:

fish, and various manufactures. The See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place was settled in 1783 by See also:

French Canadians and called Frenchtown. In See also:

JANUARY

January 1813 the inhabitants, fearing destruction from the See also:

BRITISH

British and their See also:

INDIAN

Indian See also:

ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

allies, pleaded to the Americans for See also:

PROTECTION

protection, and about 66o men from the See also:

army of See also:

General See also:

James See also:

Winchester (1752-1826), sent from the rapids of the Maumee river, on the 18th of January drove a small British force from the See also:

VILLAGE

Three days later General Winchester arrived with 300 more men; but at See also:

DAWN (the 16th-century form of the earlier " Jawing " or " dawning," from an old verb " daw," O. Eng. dagian, to become day; cf. Dutch dagen, and Ger. tagen)

dawn on the 22nd See also:

COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel See also:

Henry A. See also:

Proctor (1787–1859) with a force of British and See also:

INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians surprised the Americans, defeated their right wing, captured General Winchester and obtained from him an See also:

order for the surrender of his entire force. In 1815 Monroe received its See also:

PRESENT

present name in See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of James Monroe. In 1817 it was made the county-seat, and in 1827 it was incorporated as a village. It was chartered as a city in 1837 (being rechartered 1874), and as a city of the See also:

FOURTH

fourth class in 1895.

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