TIP #502 - DID YOUR ANCESTORS KNOW - PART 4 - 1797-1807 1797 : John Quincy Adams' (Sr.) won America's first contested presidential election. The first washing machine was patented by Nathaniel Briggs of NH. The "United States" launched - the first American Navy Ship. Old Ironsides was launched in Boston's Harbor, a 44-gun, 204-foot US Navy Frigate. 2/3rds of the wooden buildings in Savannah, GA destroyed by fire. Thomas Jefferson served as president of the American Philosophical Society. 1798: A brawl occurred in the House of Representatives in Philadelphia; Matthew Lyon of VT had spit on the face of Roger Griswold of CT. The first naval surgeon of the US Navy appointed - Dr George Balfour. The territory of Mississippi organized. British soldiers killed about 500 Irish insurgents at the Battle of Tar. The US Alien Act passed which allowed the President to deport dangerous aliens. The US Marine Corps organized and the US Marine Band. US Public Health Service formed. Napoleon captured Cairo, Egypt. David Wilkinson patented a nut and bolt machine in RI. A bank robbery occurred in Philadelphia's Carpenter's Hall - the first big bank robbery in the US. 1799: Eliakim Spooner received a patent for a seeding machine in VT. The first US printed ballots authorized in PA. US weights and measures standardized by Congress. Austria declared war on France. NY state abolished slavery. Patrick Henry died. Napoleon Bonaparte incorporated Italy into his empire. The parent bank of Chase Manhattan known as the Bank of Manhattan Company opened in NYC. George Washington died at age 67. He had been bled by his physicians to prevent pneumonia after suffering from a sore throat. He was buried at Mount Vernon. The supposed last blue antelope (blaawboch) was kiled by a hunter in South Africa. Approximately 70 ships were lost in the Scottish Firth of Tay. Pope Pius VI died. 1800: Population of the US shown as 5,308,438 with a Black population of 1,002,037. The Queen Charlotte caught fire and approximately 700 passengers died. The Northwest Territory was divided into two parts by Congress. The western part to be known as the Indiana Territory and the eastern section the Northwest Territory. President and Mrs. John Adams moved into the completed White House. Louisiana was ceded to France by Spain. A slave named Gabriel led a slave revolt in VA and was hung. Washington DC established as the US capital. Widow Martha Washington freed all her slaves. Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr tied in their presidential bid in electoral votes. After 36 ballots in the House of Representatives, Jefferson won. Jefferson won on his promise to get rid of all federal taxes. A room in the capital set aside for the Supreme Court. Worcestershire sauce appeared ca this time. World population estimated at 800 million. Demonstration of the electric pile or battery made by Alessandro Volta. Robert Fulton tested a model of his torpedo-armed submarine. Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman) began planting orchards across western PA, OH and IN. Heavy flooding in CA turned the Central valley area into a 700 mile long lake. The kaleidoscope invented by David Brewster in Scotland. 100 square miles of the San Francisco Bay area marshland charted by David Kerr. Sir David Salisbury, an English dietician recommended a diet of ground steak for anemia, TB and hardening of the arteries. Thus the term "Salisbury steak." 1801: Brigham Young, Mormon leader born in VT. Benedict Arnold died in London. In Bourbon Co KY, the 9-day revival began at the Cane Ridge Presbyterian Church by Rev. Barton W. Stone. KY banned dueling. First edition of the NY Evening Post published. Fairmont Water Works harnesses steam power to provide water for Philadelphia 1802: Congress passed an act for the establishment of a library within the U S Capitol. John Beckley of VA named first Librarian of Congress. The banjo clock was patented by Simon Willard. The US Army Corps of Engineers established for a second time. Spain reopened the New Orleans port to American merchants. Washington DC incorporated as a city; the President appointed the mayor and a council. Great Britain declared war on Napoleon's France. West Point founded. Capt. Meriwether Lewis left Pittsburg to meet Capt. William Clark and begin the expedition to the Pacific Ocean. 1803: Monroe and Livingston left for Paris planning on buying New Orleans; they ended buying Louisiana. A PA man, Moses Coats, patented an apple parer. Germany united into 60 states made up of 1800 sovereign states. Ohio became the 17th state. The reaping machine was patented by John Hawkins and Richard French. The first public library opened in CT. Lewis and Clark began their expedition, going down the Ohio River. The US Mint struck its last silver dollars until 1934. 1804: Congress ordered the Indians east of the Mississippi to Louisiana to move. The Louisiana Purchase divided into the Territory of the Orleans and the District of Louisiana. Thousands of whites murdered in Haiti. Lewis and Clark expedition left St. Louis. Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor by the French Senate. By June, the Lewis and Clark Expedition reaches the mouth of the Kansas River. Aaron Burr fatally wounded Alexander Hamilton in a duel in NJ. Thomas Jefferson re-elected President with George Clinton his vice-president (who died in office in 1812). Fort Dearborn built on the Chicago River in what is now down-town Chicago. 1805: The Michigan Territory created. Sacajawea, a 16-year old Shoshonie who guided Lewis and Clark gave birth to a son; Meriweather Lewis acted as the midwife. The Louisiana-Missouri Territory formed. Virginia law requiring free slaves to leave the state. In May, Lewis and Clark first saw the Rocky Mountains. Bonaparte crowed king of Italy. By November they had reached the Pacific Ocean. 1806: Bavaria became a kingdom. Lewis and Clark found a blue whale in Oregon. James Madison Raldolph, grandson of Thomas Jefferson was the first to be born in the Whitehouse. In May Lewis and Clark start for home. Apple cider was patented by Isaac Quintard. Lewis and Clark arrived back in St Louis by September. Ralph Wedgewood patents carbon paper. Pike's Peak is discovered. Mixed drinks called cocktails first referred to in a US magazine. Aaron Burr (Jefferson's first vice president) implicated in a reputed plot among the northeastern Federalists seeking to break up the union if they had 4 more years of Republican rule. A shoemaker's union formed in Philadelphia. The first candy company began in Salem, Massachusetts, called Ye Old Pepper Companie. Andrew Jackson killed Charles Dickinson in a duel over a horse bet. Benjamin Thompson invents a coffee pot with a metal sieve to strain away the grounds. 1807: Aaron Burr arrested in AL. He was later tried and acquitted. Soft drinks, flavored by fruit first sold in Philadelphia by Townsend Speakman. The "North River Steam Boat", known more commonly as the Clermont began it's trip up the Hudson River in NY. The U S Congressional Cemetery, located near Capital Hill, established. (c) Copyright 12 Aug 2004, Sandra K. Gorin Colonel Sandi Gorin SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html Sandi's Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html Gorin Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/