On July 26, 1797, Louisa Johnson, niece of Thomas Johnson, first governor of Maryland, married John Quincy Adams, future president of the United States, in London's All Hallows Church. On July 26, 1826, a circus performed on the grounds of the Hessian Barracks in Frederick. On July 26, 1832, U. S. Attorney General Roger Brooke Taney and Mrs. Taney visited Frederick on their way to seek treatment for Mrs. Taney's undisclosed illness. It was apparently successful as she lived until September 29, 1855. On July 26, 1852, Newton M. Zentz, longtime owner of The Zentz Mill on North Bentz Street in Frederick, which was located just south of the National Guard Armory (now The Talley Recreation Center), was born in Carroll County. He died December 12, 1924, in Frederick. On July 26, 1856, Dr. Samuel Tyler, who was born in Frederick on December 10, 1820, and who was the first "surgeon in Maryland to adopt anesthetics in surgery," died in Frederick. On July 26, 1864, Dr. Levin West, a prominent Brunswick physician, was born near Petersville. On July 26, 1867, Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, of the Supreme Court of The United States, arrived in Frederick for a short vacation with the family of Mrs. Margaret Goldsborough. On July 26, 1925, The International Order of Odd Fellows dedicated its new Market Street facility on the Old Gittinger Farm. This property now houses The Banner School. On July 26, 1933, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt had dinner at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. She was driving back to Washington from Chautaugus, N. Y., with her secretary. There were no Secret Service agents with them. On July 26, 1982, the new Frederick County Courthouse, the county's fourth, was opened for business at West Patrick and South Court Streets in Frederick. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury [email protected]