Standard atlas of Antrim County, Michigan : including a plat book of the villages, cities and townships of the county...patrons directory, reference business directory and departments devoted to general information / compiled and published by Geo. A. Ogle & Co.

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ANCIENT, MEDIEVAL AND MODERN HISTORY.

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010 Battle of TronoO00 Wuo16gton 0Co to
detests Ushl Antd his Oa"tr 00
1,0060. Dec. 26
am6 Battle of Princeton; WMoo0 (on
100) 4.eats 00who0d 6.n1.
Battle of Pentangon. Vt.: Stark 0ow
10) de4eats Bauom a1d Bprnom Goss
Battle of Braodywl; How. (boW G00M
def..6. Waslhiogton Owen 10.60. Sept.
Arrival of Llaroette. who to 0s4de
1003o..11.oeyol to Cootboeot.0 Aomy.
m34o1e 03.oomnoo,3 66. 6100)
0. 2. 0.1.
0..on4 battle, near Stin0wastp Gen.
OCsteo (too. 066) 4.Ooolo 00011,. (boo
00 COot. 0.
3001.3410.613015.7120. 05 Oo0,tog 0with
6.762i 1000. oto CGst.. 0.5. 07.
Ao6661.o od OCo.Oodoootlbo oaoptoo by Coo'
26ooo. Nob. 0C
A Inryloo 164710004002 recognized by
MM Treaty 0.1( France concluded. 0eb. 6.
101o01elyb. evacuated by the Britib.
Battle of Monmouth: Washington Ooss
220) de4ea.1 Clinton (106 4000. June 26.
0000Pre of Wyomim& Valley, July 3.
Count 4'EstaiLolg wi twelve ships of
-th eODu,.af t rrlgooo and French
troops. arrives
Battle on Rhode Island; Sullivan (toos
010) defeats Pigot (oto 200). Aug. 29.
Americans retreat from Rhode I0land.
Aug. 00.
6 0vann0h 006604 by the British. Dec. 29.
Repoole 00 Americans at Briar Creek.
Miarch 3.
2IM Now H06aven plundered by the British,
Juoly
Fairfild and Green Farms. In Coannectl
1016 (Ok.. by 1102 Boitlob..tol 7.
Lb6oyJ P0660 006.3 by 1)12 Aolotloaol.
Jully 7.
2o66,cm 0. 0.. oooyp7140ed to ohe
1310001U.2601os0
Bootloofi Cs66426. 7. C.) OCptos111o 61062
026) 4.66060 Gotyol' 6.160 e(10ss 730).
oo2ne4lO Arnold betrays 2 nd desert. his
country.
1.0al0. Andre captured. Sept. 03, and
100g an2 spy, Oct. 2.
131 Battle of Co0wpens: American General
Morgan (lam 02) de4eats Tarleton 61062
800) Jan. 17.
Aossembling of Congress, March 1, 0rtic0les o Cof federation having been ratlfled by all the States.
Defeat of General Greene by Cornwallis.
at Guilford.
Battle of Eut1w Springs; General Greene
(los05) defeat2 Ste26art (10o 10.00).
The traitor. Arnold. burns New Loodon,
Surrender of Lord Cornwallis, at Yorktown, with 1.,M3; men, to Washingt-an.
020. 09.
17M2 Independence of the United 7 ta0ot
66 acknowledged by Holland0 April 19.
0762 Independence acluoowIedg4 by Sweden.
Denmar,. Spain and prussi.
Armist1ce with Great Britain, Jan. 20.
Peace with Great B0tain. at Tre7ty o6
Pars, Sept. 23.
New York evacuated, Nov. 20.
Resignation of General Washington., De1.
23.
1700 Treaty of peace 006100ed by Con07res0.
Jan. 4.
1785 John Adams sent to 1ngland as4 frst
Ambassador from the United States
1786 Cotton Introduced Into Georgia.
Shay'. rebellion in M~assachusetts.
Delegates assemble 01 Annapolis, and
recommend a Convention to revise arttele. of C..federation2707 M.eeting of Convention at Ph0ladelphia,
George Washington pFt0tding.
Constitution of the Un(160 States adopted. Sept. 07.
176 Constitution ratified by all the States
except Rhode island and North CarroEmancipation of slaves by the Quaker'
of PhiadOelphia.
10 First Congress meets 00 Now York.
George Washington elected first Ihealdent 10 the United State..
North Carolina r10ti0es the Cealtsttut1on.
2700 Death of O-joamin Franklt. April 07.
Rhode Island rattftes the Constitution.
Hamolton'* financial schemes proposed.
171M Bank of the United States established.
at Philadelphia.
Vermont admitted aL the fourteenth
State.
Indiana defeat St. Clarir.
10 K0entucky admitted an the 21fteenth
state.
T'e Columbia river pdioovered by Captain Grey.
Washington City chosen as the capital 00
the republic.
0116 Invontoon.f the cotton g by Whitney,
resulting in the rev06ut10ni0ing a2 the
culture of cotton.
Trouble with the French Ambaoo.doo.
Genet
1279 Washington's soanna term as Pres0oold
bcina.
Wlioky rebllion in Pennsylvania.
Frazee recalls Geneat.
Jay's treaty with Great Britain.
TM9 Congress ratlfi e" J I~ tray
1700 Tennessee dmttto 0 as01 th12 0 sixteenth
State.
Resignation of George Washingtoo.
1707 John Adams inaugurated as President
Treaty with France annulled.
11798 War vith France threatened.
1799 Death of Washington. 0t Mt. Vernon,
Dem 4.
2108 The Government removed from Ph)(ade42166 to Washington.
Treaty signed with France.
General Banktrupty Law passed.
1561 Inauguration of Thomas Je00erson as
President.
Now York 2E1ening Post established
Wa with Tripoli commenced, June 10.
Dea00 of Benedict Arnold, June 14.
0)0 Ohio admitted &1 the seventeenth State.
Port of New Orleans closed by Spain.
and American vesorls forbidden to
Pa06 down MIssissippi river.
106 Louisiano purchased from the French;
$165000,000 paid.
P0anos f010t manufac0red at Bos0tn.
1026 Aar.o Burr 1ills AIlexander Hamiton In
a due4, July 10.
Fr0gote "Presdlent"0 destroyed at Tripoli
by Decatur, Feb. 4.
Fort Dearborn, present site o0 Chicago,
built.
LewisN Clar&0.s expedoU.on starts Across
the plains.
6220 Treaty of peace with Tripoli. Jan. 4.
0.e first become6 an article of comLerce.
0eizure ft armed Am.r010n vessels by
Engand.
Lewio and0 Clark arrive 5t month of the
Columbia river.
2206 American commerce affected by btoeslde
of French and English coast06.
100? British vessels ordered to wave Un01te4
States waters.
Trouble 0ith England respecting 6he
rights of nautrals.
Attack on the American ship 11 es.pealke," by the British ship, "IA30 -pardo. 6 June 02.
Eombargooan American o, declared0
Dec. 2L
Acquittal at Aar.. Burr on hhrge of
conspiracy.

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0110 Tb. 4.2t 0oa0t su07e000rd4red by Coo.
00000601022 of sla vesforbidden by ConAU10 Topoy manufeetuuo- first wo6d02
clocks.?logo1to 0.002t successf1l steamboat.
0.5 Abo2loan oiof the slave trade, Jan. 1
0'tnco orderp the seizure and 000040ation of American ve0sels.
First printing -filc- west of the WI"-1
Isaippli, established at St. Louis.
60rst 1ible Society founded. in P604ad1lphia.
0000 First woolen mil6 started, In New York.
Embargo repeated, March IJames Madison President.
0.0000.ur66 between France and bngland f-rbidd..
0210 110 eo-fl6obted American vessels 0old by
Napol1 n.
First manufacture of steel pens begun.
First agricultural fair. hold at Georoetow..
Porcelain clay discovered In Vermont.
Hartford Fire Insurance Company Incorpnrated.
1811 E1300m.0nt between U. 0. frigate
"P-orldool," and British 0loop, "11ttle
Belt. —
0,2ed t0ons 0n Ameo0can vessels by
'Cane and 1:.,I-dSteve,0 devises plan f2r plating ve7sel0.
First manufacture of screws by m.chin 'ry.
Battle of Tlppoeszoo; 0en. Harrison de4
feat0 Tecum6eh, No(. 7.
Reparation made by the British for the
attack 01 the "Chesapeako."
Great earthquake at New Midrld,. Mo.
Astor's fur company establishes post of
Astoria.
Breech loading ri2es nvented.
10. Embargo laid for ninety dayo.
Louisiana admnitted Into the Union.
Congress Iopios 0 tax of 04.000.000.
Additional orce of 35,6000 men a0thorzed.
Detachment of militia not exceeding
100,000 men, authorized.
Wso declared agaotot Goeat Britain.
June 12.
British orders In council rev70ed, June
23.
Van Horme defeated, Aug. S.
Defeat of Miller. Aug. S.
1en. Hull 1nvade0 Canada, July 12; ourr,04,00 Makinaw. July 07.,,.II surrenders Detroit with 2,500 men,
Aug. 16 p
The -Al0rt," a British ship of war.
captured by the "10se0." Aug. 03.
The "Gouerr.re," 0 British frig(te,
captured by the "Constitution" ("014
0,(nsid00"), Capt. Hull, Aug. 09.
G3en. Harrison take. command of the
Northwestern army.
Queenstown attacked, unsuccessfully, by
the Americans, Oct. 13.
Th. a British ship, ooptured
by the U. S. sloop of war "Woop."
Both vessel. afterwards take, by, the
"Pot10erp," o 0 British 74.
The "tao-dontan,- a British frigate.
oopoured by the "United States." Commodoro Decatur, Oct. 25.
Th. "-os," o a British 211gate captured
by the "Co.ottution.." Capt. Ba0nbridgo. Dec. 29.
1010 At the River Raisin. the British and
Indian. surprise an a defeat Winchester. Most of the American. were maso..red by the Indians, who were left
unprotected by Gen. Proctor, July 13.
The "Peacock," a 1botosh ship, captured
by the "H.-0et," Feb. 03.
The inauguration of James Mad4son as
Prodent, March 4.
Thb Creek 2ndian1 subdued by 112.
Jackson.
The American coast blockaded by the
British.
Duel between 000n. Jacks3 n and Cot.
Benton.
York (now Toronto) 00 OUpper Canada,
take0 by the American., under Ge0.
Pike, 0.1 was killed1. April 27.
The "Chesapeake" 2r0gate 111ke. by the
British frigate "Shonon," June 0.
First.1ll0ng mill at Pittsburgh.
Stereotyping irst introduced into AmerDeath of Capt. Lawrence, of the "Ch0sapeako.'
Battle of Fort Georgo. Mgy 07.
British attack on 0000ett's Harbor repulsed, May 28.
Fort' M.1g. and Stephensou attacked
by the 1British and Indian0.
Tho U. 0. brig "Argll(0 taken by tho
British sloop "Pelic216. Aug. 14.
The Bb101sh br%' "Booer" captured by
the U. (. brig 0162nterpr0se." Sept. 4.
The British fleet, 68 guns, on Lake Brie,
captured by the American f22,0. 10
gunso, under Commodo0 4 Perry, ept.
Massacre o2 Fort Minims. Ala, by the
Indians, Aug. 60.
Battle of Williamsburg. Nov. 12.
Burning of New0ark, Can0da. Nov. 12.
Buffalo burned by the British, Dec. 13.
The British capture Fort Niagara, Dec.
29.
Ni0gara1fron110r ravaged by the British,
Dec. 30.
oen. 0,rr0(on0. 010r having crossed 1nto
Canada, defeats and di40,poeo the
British army under Gen. Proctor, near
the River Thames; death of Tecu0.seh.
Oct. S.
814 The frigate "1Essex" captured, 01 Volparal'o, by two British vessels.
Battle of Horse Shoe Bend, March 20.
The "Epervler." a British vessel. c0ptured by the "Peacock." April 29.
Oswego bombarded and taken by the
British. Moy 6.
The "Rlondeer," a British e...l, captured, by the "Wosp," June 25.
Fort Er0e captured by the Americans
under Gen. Brown, July 3.
Battle of Chippewa.
Brown defeats Drummond, July S.
Battle of Br0dge20.ty Lundy'. Lane.
Brow. and Scott detfet Drummond and
Rial, July 25.
The British bombard S12nington, Conn..
Aug. 9.
Battle of Fort Brie, Aug. I&
Battle of Bladensburg.
British General, Ross, defeats Winder,
Aug. 24.
British enter Washington, and burn the
public buildings.
Alexandrta. taken by the British, Aug. 29.
The "Avon,". British vse captured
by the "Wasp," Sept. I
Attack on Fort Bo,,ee (now Morgan)
la.. Sept0 5
The British 0.eet on Lake Champlain, 95
Guns, Commodore Downie,. captured
the Americap f 0 eet, of 86 guns, Commodor. MacDonough, and their army
defeated at Plattsburg. by G... Macymb1 Sept. 11.
oortish e0pelled from P (nsacola. by Jaok4.,. Nov. 7.
byttl on Lake B0rgue, La0 Dec. 006
Battle below M-, OrieAns, Dec. 22.
Jethro Wood Patent. his own plow.
Perkins makes first steel plates fer end.
Craving2ass0cre at Fort De00rbo,. (byicag by
Attack on Balt00 6 1 J
Bombardment of Fort McHenry..
B.ritish defe7ted, and Gen. Re" kined,
Sept. 14. B
Treaty of peace with Great Britain
signed, at ohent, Dec. 24.
ISof Battle 1f N 3 y Orleans.
TDfeat of the British, with the loss o3

their leader1. Go. P0.6.00.0, by Gn..
Jac0k0s, Jan. 0
Capture of the trig2te "1President by
the British eciusdron. Jan. 15
Treaty of.hent rat0(2ed by the Senate.
Feb. IT.
"Cono04otion" captures am02 0"Cyaneo
and ".elvoot," Feb. 00.
Wor declared with Algiers.
The "Penguin" captured by the "Hornet0" 0'201001 20.
Commodore Decstr sent against Algiers.
Decatur captures Algerine frigate, June
17.
Hunt 00rst m20u0a001262 00es.
Terrific gale and 0ood in New England,
Sept. 23
00n0 Indian0 admitted as a State.
Second United States bank chartered.
Steam first applied to paper making.
Election of (ames Monroe. President.
Mrs. Emma Willard opens her girl.'
school at Troy.
This was known as the yepr without a
sum r.
1007 Illinois admitted Into the 01ooun.
P-.i..n granted r...lutlonary soldiers.
Jackson subdues Indians 1n Georgio and
Alabama.
".t Canal commenced.
Mississippi admitted into the Union.
Harper Bros. 0 (0li0hing h.... founood.
Clymer invents Columbian printing
00e0. 10010 Dea 0 and Dumb As7106
0112 Foundation of the new Capitol 1004, at
Washington, Aug. 24.
Pensacola, Fla.. captured from the
Snantah. by Jack....
1W12 The "Savannah," the first steam packet
that cross01 the Atlantic, makes a voyTgg to Liverpool.
fi 00rst permanent Lodge of Odd Fellows founded, lo Baltmore, April 26.
Alabama admitted Into the Union, Dec.
14.
1800 Passage of the Missouri Compromise.
Florida ceded to the United S01tes by
Spain for 10.000,000.
Maine admitted into the Union, March 15.
Heated discussion 1n Cong0ess on the
slavery queatt...
Percussion caps for guns first 1nt00
duled.
Re-election of James Monroe as President.
02troleum first discovered 6n Ohio,
04cadam1zed roads first introduced,
Death of Daniel Boone.
1821 Missouri admitted into the Unton, Aug.
10.
packson takes possession of Florida, July
21.
Burnett first introduces lithographp.
Straw hats first made from American.tra'w
182The United States -cknowledge the Independence of the South Amerle- WRpublic..
First English firm In California opens
house at Monterey.
Death of Maj.-Gen. Stark.
First cotton mill built In Lowell.
E~lliott makes first platform cls
WWar with the Cub.. pirtes.
p0 s frst succ..ofully introduced In 10ston.
1022 The Monroe doctrine, June 18.
First g0s e.1p00y In N., York.
First teoeborz' 60minary opened lo Concord, Vt.
0004The principles of Robert Owe0 preached,
Pine 10rst made by machinery.
First reformatory school founded in New
York.
Act passed to protect and encourage c1tton manufactures.
Convention with Great 1Britain to suppress slave trade, March 13.
Convention with Russia In relation to
northwest boundary, April 5.
Alrrival of Lafayette on a visit to the
'U. S.
0lect1on of John tuincy AdL ms as President.
101 The Capitol at Washington.Iompleted.
First edge tool manuf60tory established.
Smith, a trapper, perform th. Ib fot overland journey to Californio, and found
Polsom.
Departure of Lafay(ette for France,
Sept. 7.
I=8 Deathe of Thomas Jefferson and John
Adams.
Convention with Great Britain concernIng Indemnoties.
Fiftieth anniversary of American Independe.ce, July 4.
G.. t anti-mas-n excitement.
Abduction of William Morgan
Baron Von Humboldt visits the United
states.
Opening of the Erie Canal, Oct. 26.
Duel between Henry Clay and John
oRandolph.
Delano'se first fire-proof safes.
110 Treaty with Creek Indians concluded.
Treaty with the Kansas 0ndiana, and the
great and little Oges01.
Tol.ty with the Repobulo of 001062M1.
Continued Intense excitement over the
"Mowgan affair".
First railroad built at Quincy. 0Massa
chusetts, and operated by horse power.
6200 Passage of the Protective Tariff 1ill.
Sandpaper and emery first made.
First locomotive Introduced from England, by the Delaware and Hudson
06Canal Company.
Bsltimore and Ohio railroad commenced.
Congress make6 provision for officers of
the revolutionary war.
Democrat ood Republican Oirst chosen
by their respective polltical parties.
0eneral Jackson elected President.
Treaty of Peace with Brazil and Buenos
Ayr...
Pl..ing 1011 first patented.
1110 Andrew Jackson, President, opposes the
prolect to pbyharter the Bank of the
United Stt....
Indepe00.no. of Mexico recognized.
Webster's great speech in Congress, Jan.
26.
Virginia passes resolution against Tariff
bill.
First As0lum 001 the Blind oo666l0,hod.
First Horticultural Society formed.
Removal of 700 offlceholdero by 31ckson.
0020 Commercial treaty with Turkey.
00outh Carolina aooorts "State0 Rights".
Thb Mormon church founded by Joseph
Srolth, April 6.
Building of the South Carolina railroad.
American Institute of Learning founded.
Great debate between Webster and
Hayn...
181Int.... Tariff and Free trade excitement.
Garrison 0tart. the "Liberator" antislavery paper.
Death of J.-.. Monroe. July 4.
Manning mowing maCO6100 potented.
G-uthrie discover. chlorrff.0ooe 0nvent0 0irst practic-l pin machine.
Buttons first 1ad0 by machinery.
Western College of Teachers establishod.
1M Presiden4 Jackson vetoes the Bank Bill.
New protective tariff measure passed.
South Carolina nullification m1070ment.
U. S. 010gate "Potomac," attacks Quallo
Batoo. Feb. 6.
Floot oase of asoatic cholera in U. 0.
June 21.
Black Hawk war. and his capture, Aug.
27.
University of New York organized, Sept.
26.
Re1election of Andrew Jack30,n as President.
Death of Charle0 Carroll. last surviving
signer of Dec1.16tI01 of Independence.

0000 M(Cors 1nvents sleetrie olgnet telegrpph.
Cholera In New York, 3,410 deaths.
Fairba.k's Scale 0 0rs1 pateu014
0020 The President removes the public deposits from the Bank of thoe United
President Jackson begins hi second
term, March 4.
The Southern States hold a states-right
Convention.
Clay's Comproomie Tar701 law passeo
GOylyr 1nvents first practical 01e.
Death of Jo31 Randolph, May 24.
Removal of several Indian tribes rest
of the Mississippi.
Hoe's double-cylider printing-preP ' 01nstru,:tad.
First successfulo reaper patented.
Eri..on invents the calorie engine.
0004 Congress passel a vote of ensure agtnst
the Prepident for removing bank deposits; subsequently expunged.
Lucifer matches first made.
Wolter Hunt inventl 01rst sewing map11ne, but failo to perfect and patent.
Dr. Ho10e invento raised alphabet for
use of the blind.
1835 Great fire In New York.
Congress establishes br6)ch mints in
Georgia, North C-oolloo, and LoololGovernment purchase Cherokee bonds
for 0 5,200,0 006
New York Herald established by Ben-.ett.
Death of Chief Justice Marshall, July 6.
Roger Brooks Tnoey, appointed Chie1
Justice.
Seminole Indian war renewed.
Gas first introduced Int. PhiladelphiaBrown make6 0,rst gold peno with di4.
60nd pointo.
Ouuan. becomes an article of commeree
1n the U. S.
Massacre of M j. Dad0 and his command
In Florida.
1836 T. national debt virtually paid.
Arkansas admitted Into the Union.
Battle of Sa0 Jacinto. Texas; Santa
Anna defeated and a prisoner, April 21.
Bequest of James Smithson to the U. S.
of 0515,169.
061th610ian Institute 1. Washington
founded.
Death of James Madison, June 28.
Governor Call, of Georgia, in —des Seminol. country.
Sam Houst.. elected President of Texas.
Oct. 22.
Martin Va. BurOm elected President.
Burning of the Patent and General Postof00ce at Washington.
Te.-s declared independent.
Sam Colt invent. the re-olver.
First Noti.o.l T6mpersne0 Convention
held at Sroatoga.
A 0dams' great debate for the right of
petitio0.
Death of Aaron Burr.
S1000 ood Winnebago Indians removed
beyond tho Mississippi.
Scott subdues the Creek Indians.
I=5 Great fl-sneial crash and pan.ic thro~ugh —
out the country.
000,04- originatlt the 01press business.
1Michigan ad0itted into the Uoion.
600 1First zinc produced 10 the country.
Wilke,' exploring expedition to the Sooth
Pole.
United Stateo Bank...pends specie pay-..nt, Oct. 5.
Mr0on war in Mlos-url.
1840 Intense political excttoent.
The Log Cabin..mpaign.
lection of William He10ry Harrison as
President.
Goodyear 1nvents vulcanized rubber.
Th7 Orst 0team fir, engine constructed
by rcsn
Sub-Tr.ooooy bill become1 a law, June
30.
First WashingtonOan Society founded.
Adams' Bhprpot Company org-ooo-d.
Wilk.. dltoooo4 Antarctic continent.
0041 William H. Ho1rrison inaugurated, March
4, dies Aprl 4; Joho Tylo., Vice-Pr..I.
dent, l..uguroted President, April 6.
McLeod difficulty.
Webster's (10ah) Dictionary first published.
Sub-Treasury bill repealed, Aug. 9.
Bankruptcy Act become. 0 law, A4.7. 18.
Imprisonment for debts due the governmn bolished.
0reeoley establishes the New York Tr71
bune.
1042 110,gford produce the first sample of
pure corn stopch.
Mutiny on United States brig of war
"So00ers" ioltigoted by MidOhip000
Spencer.
The Fourier comnmunity excitement.
0,000101. epoditlon to the Rocky 100ntains.
Ashburton or frst Washigto. Treaty
signed, with England, Aug. 0.
Bunker Hill monument completedTermtination of rar with Seminoles.
Lucifer matches first -ad. by machinery
President veto.- bill far National BaM~
Dorr rebellion in Rhode Island.
Bankrupt Act repea0ed, March 3.
Death of Dr. Channing. Oct. 2.
0140 William Miller and the "Milletes."
$30,000 voted by Congress to aid Morse to
establish telegraph lines.
0200mo0t expores Columbia River, Wit'
lamet Valley0 and Klamath Lake.
Gpoot comet visible during the day.
Death of Noah Webster.
Wilder's patent for fir-proof safe.
1444 Explosion of the gun, the "peace-motk'.r,"1 killing the S0,ret0rie of Navy
and State.
Commercial treaty with China.
First telegraph line from Washington
to Ba~lti-ore.
First anti —I.v.ry -adidate nominated
for the presidency.
The "Midas," first American steamboat,
rounds C7pe of Good Hope.
3am3. K. Polk elected President.
Mormon 70ar in Illinois, murder of
Joseph Smith0 Brigham Young 70 2
le-,Aed as hi. ucesr
Copper discovered io Michigan.
Texas -sk- for annexation.
First telegraph line.
1140 Texas oonoood by Act of Congress, Mexle. takes. ffense.
Florida and o ow.t dmitted into the
Uni...
War declared by Mexico, Jun. 4.
Naval school 00 At.opol). opeood.
01100 Howt prodouoo hi. first sewing
machine.
Great fire in Pittsburgh.
Serious fire In New York, 300 buildings
burned.
Death of Justice Joseph Story.
First ma~nufacture of files.
)1chary Taylop, with 4,010 troops, od— ncd to Corpu. Christi, Texas.
N sttations,toward purchase of San
lotinoodoop,7100,710
D..th of Aindrew JcsnJn
Free Soil party or10g0natd.
1018 Northwestern boundary fixed2at 424
Hostilities begin 1. Me110.
Battles of Palo Alto, Mop S, and Re2aca
de to Palma, May 90 viotory of Gem
Taylor.
Mat1.01rs taken. May IL.
New Tariff bill passed, Jul3 20.
President vetoes River films r bill.
Aug. 3.
"Wilson Provis" against extension of
slavery passes the House.
Gun-cotton invented.
Great 0i.0 1d Lou0 0 ville.
Ether first used as an anesthetic by Dr.
J~ekso..

0046 oon. Keaprno takes Possesosion of6.w
Mexico, Aug. 00
Commodore Stockrton blocltades Maxiesa
part. on Pacific east
000207000 taken by Go. Taylor. Sopt 24.
0ight days' ormlti-o granted.
California expedition. under Stepboeson,
00.0s from New York, Sept. 20
Tobaooo, Mexico, bombarded by Porry.
Oct. 25.
Tampio taken by Go.. Conner. No0. 04.
K 0earney defeats Mexicans at-003 Pas-,-11, Dec. 00.
CNl Doniphan defeats Mexicans at Bra-.Ito, L= 2&a
Gen. Taylo relieved by oen. Scott.
The Mormo.3 drive0 from Nauvoo0 I0,,
Iowa admitted an. State.
0o1o victorlous atP0 an oabriel and
CaaCil., Jan. 8. 9.
Mexican M re."Psaresolve. to raise loan
of 115,000,3400 poperty of the clergy,
Jan. &
Revolt of Mexicans In N0w Mexico
against United States., Jan. 04
Defeat of Insurgents at Canada. New
Mex1ic., Jan. 04.
Baotol of Buena0 Vista. Feb. 23; Taylor
defeats Santa Anna.
Battle of Sacsamento; defeat of M2xleans, Feb. 28.
0en. Kearneoy declares California a part
of the United Stateo, March 0.
Vera Cruz taken by army and navy,
March 28.
Alvarodo,.pItuloto,, April 2.
01attle of 770010 Godo, April 0; Scott
defeats Mexicans; also at Contreras.
Aug. 20.
Mollno del Rey taken, Sept. 8.,en. Scott enters the city of Mexico,
Sept. 15.
1848 Death of John Quincy Adams, Feb. 21.
Gold disco....d in Californi., March.
0ne4da Community, New York, est(bIlshed.
Wisconsin adm4tted into the Union, Mopy
29.
Missouri Compromise repeated.
Election of Zachary Taylor 00 President.
cor..r stone of Washington Monument
laid'
Oregon Territorial bill pas0ed, Aug. 13.
First receipt of Californiao gold at Un10ted
States mint, Dec. 8.
Treaty 1ig04d with Moico, Feb, 2.
7pper Colif-opol oedod to 0)it00 StOtos.
0,xican1 u(...ccesfully b1si)., P01bl).
held by Americans, Sept, 13 to Oct. 12.
I000600nti takeh by American0, Oct. 9.
Guy~annes captured, Oct. 20.
G-et..citement at Rochester, N. Y.,
caused by "Sp0rit P0appia(."
Food sent to starving hreO..d.
Los Angeles, oal., taken by Kearn7y.
and 0 system of government 01000'
1,,d,
INS8 Great fire i.-St. Louis.
Prof, Webster murders Dr. Parkman,
Nov. 23.
United States gold dollar first,oined.
Oollfo..io adopt. o constitution pohibitiog slavery.
Death of James K. Polk. June 15.
1849 Filibustering.popdittoin against Coo,:'
forbidden by the President.
Visit of Father Mathew, the temperao07
Capt. Mine invents the M10101. oo..,a
bullet.
Mason and Dixon's line u-reyed.
Cholera. visit. the United State.,Leer
at Cincinnati and St. Louis.
California Constitutioo f0rp62d at Mo.0,
terey.
0.0-t riot at Astor Place Opera House,
N-w York.
1850 Treaty with England for a toonsit way
a.... Panama.
French Ambassutor dismissed fr~m
Woohlogtoo.
D..th of Job. C. Calhoun, Mz,.h 31.
Congress passes the Oregon Donotion
Law.
0700) Tom'7 C7b1) first published.
Watches f0rst made by machinery.
Fugitive Slav. Law p...ed.
Death of Zoohory Taylor, July 9.
Grinnell Arctic Expedition soilo
California admitted as a Free State.
Sopt 0.
New MOoolo and Utah orgaoolod 00 t0rritopl-o, Sopt. 9.
Visit of 3)0.4 Lind to America, Sept. 12.
Dahlgvmn invent- the cast-ir-. gun.
1000 Appearance of the great sea serpent.
Complet)oo of prie railroad.
Corn.r-ot'00 of Copitol extension laid,
July 4.
First Asylum for Idiots established In
New York.
California Vigilance Committee formed.
American yacht l(ctoriou. at regatta lo
London, Eng.
Frightful catastrophe at public school
building1 New York.
Congressional Library destroyed by 1re.
Dec. 24.
1852 Dispute with1 ogland about the f sheries.
Expedition to Japan, under C0m. Perry.
First 'treet-r,,.10y It 0ew York.
Deatho of Henry Clay, June 20. and
Daniel Webster, Oct. 04.
Treaty of Com70erce with Chill.
Branch mint established in San Fran11isco.
Franklin Pierce 01,00,0 President.
100 Crystal Palace, New York, opened.
Troty with M101co, lor purl-haze of
Treaty with Russia.
Eoplorat(i00 for o transcontinental rpll'
Way..Yellow fever In New York.
Children'0 AId Society, New York,
founded -
Walker'o 0libustering expedition to So'.ora, M..ic..
1M0 Commercial Tr70ty with Japan signed,
March 31.
American, or Kontw-Nothig Society
formed.
Loos of the steamship Arctic.
Cubans tollo American mail-teamer
Blook Warrior, Fob. 08.
Firt r'ilty fr,0 Lbke Michigan to the
Mississipp), the Rock island.
America. ship "70n,0" bombard1 Go'ytow0, Central A66-i,0 0 refusal to
pay for property deotroyod, June 12.
In.. it.. of the Iron T.-e for iranclad — 00el0, by Ericsson.
Reciprocity 'P-oty with England; settle00nt of the Fishery qu0sti)0. Aug. 2.
Bill poooed orgooooing KKotoo.od
Nobr..kh o. Torritorie., repealing the
Compromise of 1820, which excluded.1a,,.ry from the..tire Louisiana pur-,has0. May 24.
Moossohusott. Aid Sololly send oot settler. to Kansas.
A. H. Roodop, of P2000yivan71, Oppointed Governor of Kanooo.
1400 TepIto-1.1 Logioloturo of Kansas meets
at Shawnee, July; great emigration
to Kansas.
Free State men meet in convention at
Topeka and form a Free 0tat. p11(titu00on, Oct. 23.
Ho-tilitlo- between the Free and Slave
State settlems begin.
Si0ux Indians defeated by 1en. Haney.
Paraguayan0 attack United State0
steamer0 "Water-Witch."
Completion of Niagara Suspension
Bridge.
Court Claims established.
William Walker unsuccessfuoolly Ipo,
NI aragus.
Dispute with Great Britain concerning
recruiting for the Crimea army. 0.

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