MONROE  , a See also:

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

city 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 Monroe county, See also:

• MICHIGAN
• MICHIGAN, LAKE
• MICHIGAN, UNIVERSITY OF

Michigan, U.S.A., on the See also:

• RAISIN (Fr. raisin, grape; Lat. racemes)

Raisin See also:

• RIVER

river, 2 M. from See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake See also:

• ERIE

Erie,near the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-eastern corner of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . Pop . (189o), 5258; (1900), 5043; (1904), 6128; (1910), 6893 . It is served by the Michigan Central, the Lake See also:

• SHORE

Shore & Michigan See also:

• SOUTHERN

Southern, the Pere See also:

• MARQUETTE
• MARQUETTE, JACQUES (1637–1675)

Marquette, and the See also:

• DETROIT

Detroit & See also:

• TOLEDO
• TOLEDO, COUNCILS OF (Concilia toletana)

Toledo Shore See also:

• LINE

Line See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways, and • by electric lines to Detroit and Toledo . There is a statue here (dedicated in 1910) of Gen . G . W . See also:

• CUSTER, GEORGE ARMSTRONG (1839-1876)

Custer . Monroe has a See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German Altenheim and St See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary's See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy and See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college for girls . The city has a large See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in farming-produce and See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish, and various manufactures . The See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place was settled in 1783 by See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French Canadians and called Frenchtown . In See also:

• JANUARY

January 1813 the inhabitants, fearing destruction from the See also:

• BRITISH

British and their See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

allies, pleaded to the Americans for See also:

• PROTECTION

protection, and about 66o men from the See also:

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

army of See also:

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

General See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• WINCHESTER
• WINCHESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Winchester (1752-1826), sent from the rapids of the Maumee river, on the 18th of January drove a small British force from the See also:

• VILLAGE

village .

Three days later General Winchester arrived with 300 more men; but at See also:

• DAWN (the 16th-century form of the earlier " Jawing " or " dawning," from an old verb " daw," O. Eng. dagian, to become day; cf. Dutch dagen, and Ger. tagen)

dawn on the 22nd See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry A . See also:

• PROCTOR
• PROCTOR, ALEXANDER PHIMISTER (1862– )
• PROCTOR, RICHARD ANTHONY (1837-1888)

Proctor (1787–1859) with a force of British and See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians surprised the Americans, defeated their right wing, captured General Winchester and obtained from him an See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order for the surrender of his entire force . In 1815 Monroe received its See also:

• PRESENT

present name 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 James Monroe . In 1817 it was made the county-seat, and in 1827 it was incorporated as a village . It was chartered as a city in 1837 (being rechartered 1874), and as a city of the See also:

• FOURTH

fourth class in 1895 .