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NATCHEZ , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:- ADAMS
- ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
- ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
- ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
- ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
- ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
- ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
- ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
- ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
- ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)
Adams county, See also:Mississippi, U.S.A., on the Mississippi See also:river, about See also:loo m. S.W. of See also:Jackson. Pop. (1890) 10,101, (1900) £2,210, of whom 7090were negroes, (1910 See also:census.) 11,791. It is served by the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley, the St 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, See also:Iron See also:Mountain & See also:Southern, the New See also:- ORLEANS
- ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
- ORLEANS, DUKES OF
- ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
- ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
- ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
- ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
- ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
- ORLEANS, PHILIP I
- ORLEANS, PHILIP II
Orleans & See also:North-Western and the Mississippi Central See also:railways, and by steamboats on the Mississippi river. The city, which has an See also:area of 2.19 sq. in., is mostly on a See also:bluff that rises 200 ft. above the river, the wharfs and landings, and a few old buildings being the only reminders of what was before the See also:Civil See also:War the See also:principal business See also:section. Among the city's institutions are the See also:Fisk Public Library, a charity See also:hospital, two sanatoriums, three See also:orphan asylums, See also:Stanton See also:College for girls (non-sectarian; opened in 1894 and lodged in the old Fisk See also:mansion),' St See also:Joseph's College for girls, the See also:Jefferson Military College (1802), 6 m. from the city, and Natchez College for negroes. The city has four public parks, three on the river front, and one, Memorial See also:Park, in See also:honour of Confederate dead, in the See also:heart of the city. On a neighbouring bluff is a See also:national See also:cemetery. Just outside the city limits, at Gloster, the former See also:estate of See also:Winthrop See also:Sargent, first See also:governor of the Territory of Mississippi, are the See also:graves of Sargent and S. S. Prentiss, who lived in Natchez for some years. In and near the city are many handsome old residences typical of ante-bellum Natchez, among them being: See also:Monmouth, See also:General Quitman's estate; See also:Somerset and See also:Oakland, See also:long in the Chotard See also:family; and The Briars, the See also:home during girlhood of Varina See also:Howell, the wife of Jefferson See also:Davis. A See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:cathedral (1841), Trinity See also:Protestant 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 (1825) and a Presbyterian church (1829) are the principal church buildings. The Prentiss and the See also:Elk are the leading clubs. Mardi Gras is annually celebrated. The leading See also:industries are the shipment of See also:cotton (70,000 to 90,000 See also:bales are handled annually) and the manufacture of cottonseed oil and cake—the first cottonseed-oil See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill in the See also:country was built here in 1834—cotton goods, rope and yarns, See also:lumber, See also:brick, drugs and See also:ice. Natchez was the first city in the See also:state to own municipal See also:water-See also:works and sewage See also:system.
The city was named from the Natchez See also:Indians who lived on its site when the country was first settled. In 1716 on the bluff Le Moyne de Bienville built Fort Rosalie for the See also:protection of some See also:French warehouses, and later the French demanded a neighbouring 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 for another See also:settlement. This offended the Natchez, and on the 28th of See also:November 1729 they massacred the French and destroyed the fort, which was immediately rebuilt, and in 1764 was handed over to the See also:English in accordance with the treaty of See also:Paris, and became Fort Panmure; in 1779 it was turned over to the See also:Spanish, who held it until 1798, when they withdrew and See also:United States troops occupied the See also:place. Under Spanish See also:rule Natchez was the seat of See also:government of a large See also:district, and from 1798 to 1802 and from 1817 to 1821 it was the See also:capital of Mississippi. It was chartered as a city in 1803. On the 7th of May 1840 a large See also:part of the city was destroyed by a See also:tornado, but it was soon rebuilt, and at the outbreak of the Civil War was a place of considerable See also:wealth and culture. For several years it was the home of General See also:John See also:Anthony Quitman (1799-1858). Natchez surrendered to See also:Union forces during the See also:Vicksburg See also:campaigns, first on the 12th of May 1852, and again on the 13th of See also:July 1863. On the 2nd of See also:September 1862 the Union iron-clad " See also:Essex," commanded by 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:David See also:Porter, bombarded the city and put an end to the commercial importance of the river front section.
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