City on the James
Richmond, Virginia
300+ pages
 
 
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Published 1893
 
 
 CONTENTS. 

CHAPTER I.     RICHMOND on THE JAMES : A Preliminary Sketch. 
CHAPTER II.    RICHMOND THE BODY POLITIC : City Government and Schools. 
CHAPTER III.   CHARACTERISTIC SOCIAL PHASES : Press, Libraries, Music and Drama, Art and Scientific Collections, Charities 
and Churches, and, incidentally, a brief reference to the Resorts and Hotels of the City. 
CHAPTER IV.    A GAUGE OF THE' CITY'S RECENT PROGRESS : The Real Estate Business, Building and Public Improvements, 
and Street-Car Lines of the City. 
CHAPTER V.    RICHMOND'S SINEWS OF TRADE : The Banks, Insurance Companies and Agencies, and other Financial Concerns 
of the City. 
CHAPTER VI.   RICHMOND'S TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES: Railroad and River and Maritime Traffic of the City. 
CHAPTER VII.   RICHMOND'S TOBACCO TRADE: The Main Say of its Commerce. 
CHAPTER VIII.  MANUFACTURES IN GENERAL: The Iron. Flour, Fertilizer. Lumber. and_other Principal Industries, the Coal Supply, 
Water-Powers, etc. 
CHAPTER IX.   THE JOBBING BUSINESS or THE CITY. 
CHAPTER X.  A SUPPLEMENTARY GALLERYY — PROFESSIONAL, OFFICIAL, ETC. 
CHAPTER XI.  RICHMOND’S PROVINCE OF TRADE -  The South-Atlantic States
 
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The site of Richmond, at the fall line of the James River in the Piedmont region of Virginia, was briefly settled by English 
settlers from Jamestown in 1607, near the site of a significant native settlement. The present city of Richmond was founded 
in 1737. It became the capital of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia in 1780. During the Revolutionary War period, several 
notable events occurred in the city, including Patrick Henry's, "Give me liberty or give me death," speech in 1775 at St. John's 
Church, and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom in 1779. During the American Civil War, Richmond served as the capital 
of the Confederate States of America, and many important civil war landmarks remain in the city today, including the Virginia 
State Capitol and the White House of the Confederacy, among others.
 
Richmond's economy is primarily driven by law, finance, and government with several notable legal and banking firms, as well as 
federal, state, and local governmental agencies, located in the downtown area. The Richmond area was ranked 3rd best city for 
business by MarketWatch in 2007. Richmond is one of twelve cities in the United States to be home to a Federal Reserve Bank.
There are also nine Fortune 500, and thirteen Fortune 1000 companies, in the city. Richmond is also home to several smaller 
companies which contribute to its small town, friendly, southern atmosphere
 
 
 

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