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PETERSBURG , a See also:city and See also:port of entry of See also:Virginia, U.S.A., on the Appomattox See also:river, at the See also:head of See also:navigation, about 11 m. from its mouth, and 22 M. S. of See also:Richmond. Pop. (189o), 22,680; (1900), 21,810, (10,751 negroes); (191o), 24,127. It is served by the See also:Atlantic See also:Coast See also:Line, the Seaboard See also:Air Line and the See also:Norfolk & Western See also:railways. The river, which is here spanned by two See also:steel See also:bridges and one See also:frame See also:bridge, is navigable to this point for vessels of 8 ft. See also:draught at mean high See also:water, and has been greatly improved by the Federal See also:government, which in 1909 was engaged in deepening the whole channel to 12 ft. at mean high water and in excavating at Petersburg a new channel into which to deflect the river. In and about the city there is much of historic and scenic See also:interest. At See also:Blandford, a suburban See also:hamlet, is the picturesque old Blandford 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, erected about 1734• Petersburg has two public parks, and among its institutions are a See also:home for the sick (1886), an orphanage for girls and another for negroes, the See also:state central See also:hospital for the insane (negroes), the See also:southern See also:female See also:college (non-sectarian, 1863), the university school for boys, the See also:Bishop See also:Payne divinity school (See also:Protestant Episcopal) for negroes, and the Virginia normal and See also:industrial See also:institute (opened in 1883), also for negroes. There are two See also:national cemeteries near Petersburg—See also:Poplar See also:Grove (about 4 M. See also:south), containing about 6200 See also:graves, and City Point (about 9 M. See also:east), containing about 5100 graves; and in Blandford See also:cemetery there are about 30,000 graves of Confederate dead. In this cemetery See also:General 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:Phillips is buried, and there is a See also:monument to See also:Captain McRae, See also:commander of the " Petersburg See also:Volunteers," whose bravery in 1812–1813 prompted See also:President See also:Madison to See also:call Petersburg the " See also:Cockade City." The falls above the city furnish abundant water-See also:power, and the city has various manufactures. The factory product was valued at $5,890,574 in 1905, 11'3% more than in 19oo; in both 1900 and 1905 Petersburg ranked See also:fourth among the cities of the state in the value of factory products. From Petersburg are shipped quantities of trunks and bags, peanuts, See also:tobacco and See also:cotton. In 1909 the See also:foreign See also:trade, wholly imports, was valued at $360,774. The city was formerly in See also:Chesterfield, See also:Dinwiddie and See also:Prince See also:George counties, but is now See also:independent , of See also:county government!
An See also:Indian See also:village formerly stood on or near the site of the See also:present city, and Fort See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry was built here by the whites in 1645. Petersburg was founded in 1733 by See also:Colonel William See also:Byrd (1674-1744) and See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter See also:- JONES
- JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
- JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
- JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
- JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
- JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
- JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
- JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
- JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
- JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
- JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
- JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
- JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
- JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
- JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
- JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)
Jones, and was named (first Peter's Point, and then Petersburg) in See also:honour of the latter; in 1748 it was incorporated as a See also:town. On the 25th of See also:April 1781 a skirmish was fought in front of Petersburg between a See also:British force of about 3000 under General William Phillips (1731?-1781) and about one-third of that number of See also:American See also:militia under See also:Baron See also:Friedrich Wilhelm von See also:Steuben; the Americans were defeated, and the British occupied the town. In the following See also:month the British again entered Petersburg (General Phillips dying here on the 13th), but they were soon dislodged by See also:Lafayette who shelled the town. General See also:Winfield See also:Scott was See also:born near Petersburg, and practised See also:law here for two years before he entered, the See also:army. Petersburg was chartered as a city in 1850.
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