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Rich·mond

(rĭch′mənd)

1. The capital of Virginia, in the east-central part of the state on the James River north of Petersburg. Settled in the 1600s, it became the capital of Virginia in 1779 and was strategically important in the American Revolution and the Civil War, during which it was the capital of the Confederacy. The evacuation of Richmond by Confederate troops on April 3, 1865, led to Gen. Robert E. Lee's surrender to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant on April 9.

2. A city of northern California on an inlet of San Francisco Bay north-northwest of Oakland. It is a port and industrial center.

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Richmond

(ˈrɪtʃmənd)

1. (Placename) a borough of Greater London, on the River Thames: formed in 1965 by the amalgamation of Barnes, Richmond, and Twickenham; site of Hampton Court Palace and the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. Pop: 179 200 (2003 est). Area: 55 sq km (21 sq miles). Official name: Richmond-upon-Thames

2. (Placename) a town in N England, in North Yorkshire: Norman castle. Pop: 8178 (2001)

3. (Placename) a port in E Virginia, the state capital, at the falls of the James River: developed after the establishment of a trading post (1637); scene of the Virginia Conventions of 1774 and 1775; Confederate capital in the American Civil War. Pop: 194 729 (2003 est)

4. (Placename) a county of SW New York City: coextensive with Staten Island borough; consists of Staten Island and several smaller islands

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Rich•mond

(ˈrɪtʃ mənd)

n.

1. former name of Staten Island (def. 2).

2. the capital of Virginia, in the E part on the James River: capital of the Confederacy 1861–65. 198,267.

3. Also called Rich′mond-upon`-Thames′. a borough of Greater London, England, on the Thames River. 163,000.

4. a seaport in W California, on San Francisco Bay. 81,220.

5. a city in E Indiana. 41,349.

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Richmond - capital of the state of Virginia located in the east central part of the state; was capital of the Confederacy during the American Civil War

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THE HOUSE in which Seth Richmond of Winesburg lived with his mother had been at one time the show place of the town, but when young Seth lived there its glory had become somewhat dimmed.

The Richmond house was built of limestone, and, although it was said in the village to have become run down, had in reality grown more beautiful with every passing year.

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Twelve years had passed since I had laid the body of my great-uncle, Captain John Carter, of Virginia, away from the sight of men in that strange mausoleum in the old cemetery at Richmond.

Early the next morning I took the first train for Richmond and within two hours was being ushered into the room occupied by John Carter.

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They were going to remove immediately to Richmond. Mrs.

The difference in that respect of Richmond and London was enough to make the whole difference of seeing him always and seeing him never.

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"Where are you going to, at Richmond?" I asked Estella.

"Now," said Estella, gliding away the instant I touched her cheek, "you are to take care that I have some tea, and you are to take me to Richmond."

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But fate decreed that a few glimmers of sunshine were to illumine his life, for the little fellow was adopted by John Allan, a wealthy merchant of Richmond, Va.

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Beginning with the Greeks, who had, he said, many difficulties to contend with, he continued with the Romans, passed to England and the right method, which speedily became the wrong method, and wound up with such a fury of denunciation directed against the road-makers of the present day in general, and the road-makers of Richmond Park in particular, where Mr.

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Every minute a fresh gun came into position until, before twilight, every copse, every row of suburban villas on the hilly slopes about Kingston and Richmond, masked an expectant black muzzle.

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What do you say to a drive out to Kew and Richmond? You may not get another day like this all winter.