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from the Huguenots, but he led in person the 

 army in the siege of their stronghold, Rochelle, 

 which submitted to him in 1628. The great 

 nobles, too, were forced to surrender many of 

 the powers which had for generations weak- 

 ened the central government, and thus he made 

 the king an absolute ruler. 



His Influence in Europe. Richelieu's greatest 

 achievements, however, were in foreign affairs, 

 for he did much to restore to France the pres- 

 tige which it had had in the days of Henry 

 IV. Despite his attitude toward French Prot- 

 estantism he threw his influence on the side of 

 the Protestants in Germany, and induced Gus- 

 tavus Adolphus to come forward as their cham- 

 pion in the Thirty Years' War. The full re- 

 sults of his policy for the humiliation of Spain 

 and Austria he did not live to see. 



Throughout all his years of power Richelieu 

 had to contend against the personal dislike of 

 the king, who retained him in office only be- 

 cause he dared not, for the sake of the country, 

 dismiss him. Although sometimes unscrupulous 

 in his methods, Richelieu always placed his 

 country's good before his own, and in that sense 

 proved himself a true patriot, though his policy 

 did not in the end work to the greatest goocl of 

 France. One of his most lasting services was 

 the founding of the French Academy. A.MC c. 



Consult Perkins' Richelieu and the Growth of 

 French Power. 



Related Subject*. The reader is referred to 

 the following: articles in these volumes : 

 Academy Louis, subhead 



: ce, subtitle History Louis XIII 

 Huguenots States-General 



RICHELIEU RIVER, a Canadian stream, the 

 outlet of Lake Champlain into the Saint Law- 

 rence River. The Richelieu is also known as the 

 Chambly, Saint John or Sorel River. Emerg- 

 ing from Lake Champlain, about six miles 

 north of the United States boundary, the Riche- 

 lieu flows almost directly northward for eighty 

 miles to the Saint Lawrence, which it reaches 

 at Sorel, midway between Montreal and Three 

 Rivera. The Richelieu varies from a thousand 

 ht thousand feet in width. It flows through 

 a picturesque section, which has added charm 

 through its many historical associations. It is 

 navigable from Sorel southward to Chambly; 

 from there a canal to Saint John makes it pos- 

 sible to avoid the rapids. These three towns 

 are the principal settlements on the river. 



RICHMOND, rich'mund, IND., the county 

 seat of Wayne County, situated on the White- 

 water River, three miles from the Ohio state 



line and sixty-nine miles east of Indianapolis. 

 Transportation is provided by the Pennsyl- 

 vania, the Grand Rapids & Indiana and the 

 Chesapeake & Ohio railroads, and by the Day- 

 ton & Western and the Ohio traction lines. 

 The place was settled in 1816 by a community 

 of Quakers from North Carolina. It was in- 

 corporated in 1834 and was chartered as a city 

 in 1840. In 1910 the population was 22,324; it 

 had increased to 24,697 in 1916 (Federal esti- 

 mate). The city has an area of four square 

 miles. 



Richmond is the commercial center for the 

 greater part of Wayne County, a rich agricul- 

 tural district. There are about 130 manufactur- 

 ing establishments, employing altogether about 

 5,500 men. Important manufactures include 

 heavy machinery, office furniture, kitchen cabi- 

 nets, lawn mowers and a variety of tools. Among 

 noteworthy buildings in the city are the Fed- 

 eral building, erected in 1908 at a cost of $100,- 

 000, the $150,000 Reid Memorial Hospital and 

 the $225,000 Reid Memorial Church. Rich- 

 mond has Earlham College, established in 1847 

 under the direction of the Orthodox Friends, 

 Morrison Reeves Library, with 30,000 volumes, 

 and the Richmond Law Library. The Eastern 

 Indiana Hospital for the Insane is located here, 

 and there are homes for the friendless, the aged 

 and the orphaned. Glen Miller Park (150 

 acres) is the largest of the park reservations, 

 which cover about 300 acres. The annual con- 

 vention of the Orthodox Friends of Indiana is 

 held in the city. 



RICHMOND, VA., the capital and largest city 

 of the state, a port of entry and the county 

 seat of Henrico County. It is one of the old, 

 influential cities of the South, and played an 

 important role in shaping and controlling the 

 early destinies of the United States. During 

 the War of Secession it was the capital of the 

 Confederacy. It is situated south and cast of 

 the geographical center of the state, on the 

 north and east banks of the James River, along 

 a southward bend in the course of the stream, 

 and at the head of tide water, ninety miles 

 west of Chesapeake Bay. Washington, D. C., 

 is 116 miles northeast. Steamer transportation 

 to ports of the Atlantic coast is furnished by 

 the Old Dominion, Virginia Navigation and 

 Chesapeake lines, and railroad transportation 

 by the Atlantic Coast Line, the Chesapeake & 

 Ohio, the Richmond, Frcdcricksburg & Po- 

 tomac, the Seaboard Air Line and the South- 

 ern roads. There was an increase in population 

 from 127,629 to 156,687 (Federal estimate) be- 



