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AMELIA

Volume 2 · 149 words · 1842 Edition

an episcopal city of Italy, in the State of the Church, seated on a mountain in the duchy of Spoleto. Long. 12. 19. E. Lat. 42. 33. N.

a county in Virginia, situated between the Blue-ridge and the tide waters, having Cumberland county on the north, Prince George county on the east, and Lunenburg county on the south and west. In 1810 Amelia contained 10,594 inhabitants, of whom a great proportion were slaves.

AMELLA Isle, on the coast of East Florida, lies about seven leagues north of St Augustine, and very near Bot Island on the south, at the mouth of St John's river. It is 13 miles long and two broad, is very fertile, and has an excellent harbour. Its north end lies opposite to Cumberland Island, between which and Amelia Isle is the entry into St Mary's river, in long. 67. 23. W. lat. 30. 52. N.