Statistical gazetteer of the state of Virginia : embracing important topographical and historical information from recent and original sources, together with the results of the last census population, in most cases, to 1854 . ins 5cotton factories, 6 coal mines, and one iron foundry. Therewere 34 churches, and 567 i)upils attending public is procured in considerable quantities from the mines ofthis county. The Richmond and Petersburg railroad passestlirougli it. The county was formed from Henrico in , Chesterfield Court House. Population, 17,489, of wliom8873 were free
Statistical gazetteer of the state of Virginia : embracing important topographical and historical information from recent and original sources, together with the results of the last census population, in most cases, to 1854 . ins 5cotton factories, 6 coal mines, and one iron foundry. Therewere 34 churches, and 567 i)upils attending public is procured in considerable quantities from the mines ofthis county. The Richmond and Petersburg railroad passestlirougli it. The county was formed from Henrico in , Chesterfield Court House. Population, 17,489, of wliom8873 were free, and 8616 slaves. Chesterfield Court House, a post-village, capital of Chester-field county, Virginia, about 12 miles S. S. W. from Richmond. Chestnut Grove, a thriving post-village of Pittsylvaniacounty, Virginia, near Sandy creek, 17^) miles W. S. W. fromRichmond, contains 3 stores, several tobacco factories, and about, 100 inhabitants. Chickahominy river, in the S. E. part of \irgiuia, rises inHanover county and falls into York river about 8 miles aboveJamestown. Jt divides Henrico and Charles City counties ontlie right from Hanover, New Kent, and James City counties onthe left. It furnishes extensive Rev. ARISTIDES S. SMITH, A. M., »—<»»—« 3 This Institution was designed to furnish to parents in the South aschoolin which they can secure for their daughters a thorough, practical, accom-plished and Christian education; and it is believed that it offers advantagesequal to any that can be obtained elsewhere. The buildings are spacious and elegant, and are situated in a retired andpleasant part of the city. The grounds attached to the Institute, embracingthree-fourths of an entire square, are ornamented with a profusion of treesand shrubbery, and furnish ample room for both amusement and exercise. The course of study is extensive, and is designed not only to aid thepupil in the acquisition of knowledge, but also to discipline the mind andtrain it to cor
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