Pekin, capital of Tazewell county, Illinois, on the Illinois River, 10 miles by rail S. of Peoria. It has several foundries, flour-mills, distilleries, and manufactories of organs, ploughs, wagons, &c. Pop. 5993.
Pekin
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 8: Peasant to Eoumelia, p. 10
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