See also:

• JEFFERSON
• JEFFERSON, JOSEPH (1829-1905)
• JEFFERSON, THOMAS (1743-1826)

JEFFERSON See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

CITY (legally and officially the City.of Jefferson)  , the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of See also:

• MISSOURI

Missouri, U.S.A., and the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of See also:

• COLE, SIR HENRY (1808–1882)
• COLE, THOMAS (1801–1848)
• COLE, TIMOTHY (1852– )
• COLE, VICAT (1833–1893)

Cole county, on the Missouri See also:

• RIVER

river, near the See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

geographical centre of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, about 125 m . W. of St See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis . Pop . (189o), 6742; (1900), 9664, of whom 786 were See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born and 1822 were negroes; (10 to See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census), 11,85o . It is served by the Missouri Pacific, the See also:

• CHICAGO
• CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF

Chicago & See also:

• ALTON

Alton, and the Missouri, See also:

• KANSAS (known as the Sunflower State ")

Kansas & See also:

• TEXAS

Texas See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways . Its site is partly in the bottom-lands of the river and partly on the steep See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks at an See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation of about 600 ft. above the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea . A See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge spans the river . The state capitol, an imposing structure built on a See also:

• BLUFF (a word of uncertain origin; possibly connected with an obsolete Dutch word, blaf, broad)

bluff above the river, was built in 1838–1842 and enlarged in 1887–1888; it was first occupied in 1840 by the legislature, which previously had met (after 1837) in the county See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house . Other prominent buildings are the See also:

• UNITED

United States court house and See also:

• POST

post See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, the state supreme court house, the county court house, the state See also:

• PENITENTIARY (med. Lat. poenitentiarius, from poenitentia, penance, poena, punishment, a term used both as adjective and substantive, referring either to the means of repentance or that of punishment. In its ecclesiastical use the word is used as the equi

penitentiary, the state armoury and the executive See also:

• MANSION (through O. Fr. mansion, mod. maison, from Lat. mansio, dwelling-place, stage on a journey; manere, to remain)

mansion . The penitentiary is to a large extent self-supporting; in 1903–1904 the earnings were $3493.80 in excess of the See also:

• COSTS

costs, but in 1904–1906 the costs exceeded the earnings by $9044 . Employment is furnished for the convicts on the pentitentiary premises by incorporated companies . The state See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law library here is one of the best of the See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind in the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, and the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city has a public library .

In the city is See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute, a school for negroes, founded in 1866 by two regiments of See also:

• NEGRO (from Lat. eager, black)

negro See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry upon their See also:

• DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge from the United States See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, opened in 1868, taken over by the state in 1879, and having sub-normal, normal, See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college, See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial and agricultural courses . See also:

• COAL

Coal and See also:

• LIMESTONE

limestone are found near the city . In 19o5 the See also:

• TOTAL

total value of the factory product was $3,926,632, an increase of 28.2% since 19oo . The See also:

• ORIGINAL

original constitution of Missouri prescribed that the capital should be on the Missouri river within 40 M. of the mouth of the Osage, and a See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission selected in 1821 the site of See also:

• JEFFERSON
• JEFFERSON, JOSEPH (1829-1905)
• JEFFERSON, THOMAS (1743-1826)

Jefferson City, on which a See also:

• TOWN

town was laid out in 1822, the name being adopted in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of 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 Jefferson . The legislature first met here in 1826; Jefferson City became the county-seat in 1828, and in 1839 was first chartered as a city . The constitutional conventions of 1845 and 1875, and the state See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention which issued the See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call for the See also:

• NATIONAL

National Liberal Republican convention at See also:

• CINCINNATI

Cincinnati in 1872, met here, and so for some of its sessions did the state convention of 1861–1863 . In See also:

• JUNE

June 1861 Jefferson City was occupied by See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union forces, and in See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September–See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1864 it was threatened by Confederate troops under See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• STERLING
• STERLING, ANTOINETTE (d. 1904)
• STERLING, JOHN (1806-1844)

Sterling See also:

• PRICE
• PRICE, BARTHOLOMEW (1818–1898)
• PRICE, BONAMY (1807-1888)
• PRICE, RICHARD (1723-1791)

Price .