The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . de-feated the Turks here. ALEXANDRI or ALECSANDRI, Vasile, aRumanian poet and patriot, born at Jassy, July,1821. He was educated at Paris, and after his re-turn to Jassy in 1839 devoted himself to the causeof Rumanian independence and unity. He wasminister of foreign affairs under Ghika in 1S59-60;died at Mircesti, in Moldavia, Sept. 4, of his writings, the most important of whichis a collection of popular songs entitled FoesiiPopulare ale Romdnilor, have been translated intoFrench, English, and G
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . de-feated the Turks here. ALEXANDRI or ALECSANDRI, Vasile, aRumanian poet and patriot, born at Jassy, July,1821. He was educated at Paris, and after his re-turn to Jassy in 1839 devoted himself to the causeof Rumanian independence and unity. He wasminister of foreign affairs under Ghika in 1S59-60;died at Mircesti, in Moldavia, Sept. 4, of his writings, the most important of whichis a collection of popular songs entitled FoesiiPopulare ale Romdnilor, have been translated intoFrench, English, and German. \NDRIA, a manufacturing town in Dum-bartonshire, Scotland. Population (1891), 7,796. .\LEX.\NDRIA, a manufacturing town in thecounty of Glengarry, eastern Ontario, Canada, is70 miles by rail E. of Ottawa. Population (18S1),1,200; (1891), 1,614; 1901. ii9ii- ALEXANDRIA, a post town, capital of Madi-son County, Indiana; lies in a natural gas (1890), 715; (1900), 7221. ALEX.\NDRIA, the capital of Rapides Parish,northwestern Louisiana, is on the Red River,. , CONSORT OFEDWARD VII. ALEXANDRIA — ALG^ 129 about 200 miles from its moutli, and 360 of New Orleans. Baton Rouge is 97 milesby rail of it. It carries on trade by waterat all seasons, exporting mainly fruits, sugar,cotton and rice. Population 1880, 1,800; 1890,2,861; 1900, 5,648. ALEXANDRIA, the capital of Douglas County,west-central Minnesota, is 62 miles by rail W. ofSt. Cloud and 140 miles of St. Paul. Pop-ulation (1890), 2,118; (1900), 2,681. ALEXANDRIA, the capital of Hanson County,southeastern South Dakota, is 14 miles by rail Mitchell and 105 miles of Sioux 1900, 680. ALEXANDRIA BAY, a village of JeffersonCounty, north-central New York, is near the and opposite the Thousand Islands; ismuch frequented as a summer resort. Redwood,the nearest railway point, is 7 miles of 1900, 1,511. ALEXANDRIAN CODEX. Se
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