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Richmond

s.w. end of L. St. Peter on the St. Lawrence
R. The Richelieu connects the navigation of
the Hudson and St. Lawrence Rivers.

Richepin, Jean (1849-1926), French poet,
novelist, and dramatist, born at Medea
(Algiers). A tendency to brutality and mor-
bidity marked his earlier writings, such as his

Cardinal Richelieu.

poems, Chanson des Gueux (1876), whose
publication resulted in his imprisonment and
fine for its immorality: Les Caresses (1877),
Les Blasphemes (1884), and such novels as
Les Marts Bizarres (1876), La Glu (1881),
and Le Pave (1883). Some of his later novels
however, are clever examples of psychological
analysis, as for example, Sophie Monnier
(1884), Grandes Amoureuses (1896). His
best work is contained in his plays. Nona
Sahib (1883), Le Flibustier (1888), Par le
Glaive (1892), Les Truands (1889), LaReine
de Tyr (1900), and La Cavaliere (1901).

Richmond, borough of New York City,
coextensive with Staten Island, (q.v.)

Richmond, city, Virginia, capital and larg-
est city of the State, and county seat of Hen-
rico co., is situated on the James River; 100
m. s. of Washington. Within a few miles of
the city are the battle grounds of Seven Pines,
Fair Oaks, Yellow Tavern, Cold Harbor,
Frazier's Farm, Malvern Hill, Drewry's Bluff,
The Crater, Games' Mill.

Shockoe Hill, in the center of the city, is
the site of Capitol Square, which covers 12
acres. On the highest point, surrounded by
fine shade trees, stands the capitol building,
erected in 1785. It was designed by Thomas
Jefferson, partly after the Maison Carree at

Nimes. Of historic interest are the house
occupied by Jefferson Davis while President
of the Confederacy, containing Confederate
relics; the Valentine Museum, containing a
fine collection of archaeological specimens;
St. John's church, built in 1740, where
Patrick Henry uttered his famous 'Give me
Liberty or Give me Death,' during the Vir-
ginia convention; the home of General Lee,
now occupied by the Virginia Historical So-
ciety; and the home of John Marshall, first
chief justice of the United States.

Educational institutions include Richmond
University and Richmond Woman's College,
and the University of Virginia College of
Medicine. The leading industries are the
manufacture of tobacco, iron and steel, loco-
motives, woodwork, anu paper; p. I93P42.

History.—Richmond was settled in 1737
and incorporated in 1742, and in 1779 became
the capital of the State. In the Revolution
the place was taken by a British force under
Benedict Arnold, Jan. 5, 1781, and the ware-
houses and public buildings were burned.
The following year the city was chartered.
Richmond, as the capital of the Confederacy,
was the main objective of Federal operations
during the Civil War. It was evacuated April
2, 1865.

Richmond, town, in Surrey, England, for-
merly known as Sheen, is situated on the
slope of a hill rising from the right bank of
the Thames; 9 m. southwest of London.
Among the places of interest are the palace

Donald R. Richberg.

erected by Edward in., and White Lodge,
the birthplace (1894) of Edward, Prince of
Wales. Richmond Park of over 2,000 acres,
lies to the south, while on the north is the