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VINCENNES , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Knox county, See also:Indiana, U.S.A., in the S.W. See also:part of the See also:state, on the E. See also:bank of the See also:Wabash See also:river, about 117 m. S.W. of See also:Indianapolis. Pop. (1890) 8853; (1900) 10,249, of whom 736 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910 See also:census) 14i895. It is served by the See also:Baltimore & See also:Ohio See also:South-Western, the See also:Cleveland, See also:Cincinnati , See also:Chicago & 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, the See also:Evansville & Terre Haute, and the Vandalia See also:railways. Extensive levees, 15 M. in length, prevent the overflow of the Wabash river, which for nine months in the See also:year is navigable from this point to the Ohio. The city is level and well drained, and has a See also:good See also:water-See also:supply See also:system. In Vincennes are a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:cathedral, erected in 1835, one of the See also:oldest in the See also:West, occupying the site of a 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 built See also:early in the 18th See also:century; Vincennes University (1806), the oldest educational institution in the state, which in 19ro had 14 instructors and 236 students; St See also:Rose See also:Female See also:Academy, and a public library. See also:Coal, natural See also:gas and oil are found near Vincennes. The city is a manufacturing and railway centre, and See also:ships See also:grain, pork and neat See also:cattle. The See also:total value of the factory products in 1905 was $3,172,279. Vincennes was the first permanent See also:settlement in Indiana. On its site See also:Francois Margane, Sieur de Vincennes, established a See also:French military See also:post about 1731, and a permanent settlement was made about the fort in 1735. After the fall of See also:Quebec the See also:place remained under French See also:sovereignty until 1777, when it was occupied by a See also:British See also:garrison. In 1778 an See also:agent of See also:George See also:Rogers See also:Clark took See also:possession of the fort on behalf of See also:Virginia, but it was soon afterwards again occupied by the British, who called it Fort See also:Sackville and held it until See also:February 1779, when it was besieged and was captured (on the 25th of February) by George Rogers Clark, and passed finally under See also:American See also:jurisdiction. The site of the fort is marked by a See also:granite See also:shaft erected in 1905 by the Daughters of the Revolution. Vincennes was the See also:capital of Indiana Territory from 'Soo to 1813, and was the See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting-place in 18o5 of the first See also:General See also:Assembly of Indiana Territory. In 1839 it was incorporated as a See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough, and it became a city in 1856.
See J. See also:Law, The Colonial See also:History of Vincennes (Vincennes, 1858) ; W. H. See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith, " Vincennes, the See also:Key to the See also:North-West," in L. P. See also:Powell's Historic Towns of the Western States (New See also:York, 1901) ; " The See also:Capture of Vincennes by George Rogers Clark," Old South Leaflets, No. 43 (See also:Boston, n.d.) ; also See also:chap. ii. of J. P. Dunn's Indiana (Boston, 1892).
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