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WILLIAMSBURG , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of 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 City county, See also:Virginia, U.S.A., on a See also:peninsula between the See also:York and James See also:rivers, 48 M. by See also:rail E.S.E. of See also:Richmond. Pop. (1900) 2044; (1910) 2714. Williamsburg is served by the Chesapeake & See also:Ohio railway. It is the seat of the Williamsburg See also:Female See also:Institute (Presbyterian), and of the See also:College of 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 and See also:Mary, chartered by the See also:Crown in 1693 and the second See also:oldest college in the See also:United States. Besides the See also:main See also:building and the See also:president's See also:house, the College of William and Mary has a See also:science See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, a gymnasium, a library building, an infirmary and dormitories; in front of the main building is a statue by See also:Richard See also:Hayward of Norborne See also:Berkeley, See also:Lord Botetourt (1717-177o), the most popular royal See also:governor of Virginia. The college offers a classical course and a scientific course, two-thirds of the See also:work in each being prescribed, and in connexion with the normal See also:department is the See also:Matthew Whaley See also:Model and Practice School. In 1909 there were 21 instructors and 228 students in the college, 6 instructors and 140 pupils in the model school, and 20,000 volumes, many of them rare, in the library. Since 1892 the college has published the William and Mary College Quarterly, an See also:historical See also:magazine.
Here in See also:December 1776 was established the Phi Beta Kappa Society, the first See also:American college " See also:Greek See also:Letter " Society, now an inter-collegiate honorary fraternity. The college suffered heavy losses during the See also:War of See also:Independence and in the See also:Civil War. In See also:June 1781 Lord See also:Cornwallis made the president's house his headquarters, and the institution was closed for a few
months of that See also:year. It was closed in 1861 because of the Civil War, and the main building was occupied in turn by Confederate troops and by Federal troops until some of the latter burned it in 1862. Although reopened in 1869, the college was closed again from 1881 to 1888 because of the See also:low See also:state of its finances. In 1888 it was reorganized under an See also:act of the state legislature which provided for the addition of a normal course and an See also:annual See also:appropriation towards its See also:maintenance. In 1893 See also:Congress passed an act indemnifying it in some measure for its loss during the Civil War; and in 1906 its endowment was increased to more than $150,000 and it was made a state institution governed by a See also:board (appointed by the governor) and receiving $35,000 annually from the state. Peyton See also:Randolph, See also:Edmund Randolph, See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Jefferson, James See also:Monroe, See also:John See also:Tyler, See also:Chief See also:Justice John See also:Marshall and See also:General See also:Winfield See also:Scott were graduates of the college.
Bruton See also:Parish 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, completed in 1717 and enlarged in 1752, is the second church of a parish dating from 1674. It contains a See also:Bible given by See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Edward VII., a See also:lectern given by President See also:Roosevelt, and some old See also:relics. The church itself has been restored (1905–1907) so far as practicable to its See also:original See also:form and See also:appearance. The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities has preserved a See also:powder magazine, erected in 1714, from which the last royal governor of Virginia, Lord See also:Dunmore, removed the powder on the See also:day after the encounter at See also:Lexington, See also:Massachusetts, and thus occasioned the first armed uprising of the Virginia patriots. The County and City See also:Court-House was erected in 1769. The Eastern State See also:Hospital for the Insane was opened here in 1773, but its original building was burned in 1885. Among several colonial residences are the See also:George Wythe House, which was the headquarters of See also:Washington during the See also:siege of See also:Yorktown in 1781, and the Peyton Randolph House. The See also:principal See also:industries are the manufacture of men's See also:winter underwear, See also:lumber and See also:ice, and the shipment of lumber and See also:farm and See also:garden produce.
Williamsburg, originally named See also:Middle See also:Plantation from its position midway between the York and James rivers, was founded in 1632. It was immediately walled in and for several years it served as a See also:refuge from See also:Indian attacks. On the 3rd of See also:August 1676 Nathaniel See also:- BACON
- BACON (through the O. Fr. bacon, Low Lat. baco, from a Teutonic word cognate with " back," e.g. O. H. Ger. pacho, M. H. Ger. backe, buttock, flitch of bacon)
- BACON, FRANCIS (BARON VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST ALBANS) (1561-1626)
- BACON, JOHN (1740–1799)
- BACON, LEONARD (1802–1881)
- BACON, ROGER (c. 1214-c. 1294)
- BACON, SIR NICHOLAS (1509-1579)
Bacon held here his " See also:rebel " See also:assembly of the leading men of the See also:province, and in See also:January 1677 two of the " rebels " were hanged here. In 1698 Middle Plantation was made the provincial See also:capital; and in 1699 the See also:present name was adopted in See also:honour of William III. Williamsburg was chartered as a city in 1722. In 1736 the Virginia See also:Gazette, the oldest newspaper in the See also:South, was established here. In the capitol here See also:Patrick 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, on the 3oth of May 1765, presented his historic resolutions and made his famous speech against the See also:Stamp Act. On the 15th of May 1776, the Virginia See also:Convention in session here passed resolutions urging the See also:Continental Congress to declare for Independence. In 1779 Richmond became the seat of the state See also:government, and in 1832 See also:fire destroyed the last of the old capitol at Williamsburg with the exception of the See also:foundations, which since 1897 have been cared for by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. In the Peninsula See also:campaign of the Civil War the See also:Battle of Williamsburg was fought on the 5th of May 1862 on the south-eastern outskirts of the city. The Confederate See also:army under General J. E. See also:Johnston was retreating from Yorktown toward Richmond and a See also:part of it under General James See also:Longstreet waited here to check the pursuit of the advance portion of the See also:Union army under General E. V. See also:Sumner. A Union See also:division under General J. D. See also:- HOOKER, JOSEPH (1814–1879)
- HOOKER, RICHARD (1553-1600)
- HOOKER, SIR JOSEPH DALTON (1817— English botanist and traveller, second son of the famous botanist Sir W.J.Hooker, was born on the 3oth of June 1817, at Halesworth, Suffolk. He was educated at Glasgow University, and almost immediately after taking his M.
- HOOKER, SIR WILLIAM JACKSON (1785–1865)
- HOOKER, THOMAS (1586–1647)
Hooker began a spirited attack at 7.30 A.M., other Union divisions dealt heavy blows, but they failed from lack of co-operation to rout the Confederates and at See also:night the latter continued their See also:retreat. The Union loss in killed, wounded and missing was 2228; the Confederate about 156o.
See L. G. Tyler, Williamsburg, the Old Colonial Capital (Richmond, 1907), and his " Williamsburg, the See also:Ancient Capital," in L. P. See also:Powell's Historic Towns of the See also:Southern States (New York, 1900).
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