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District of Columbia ceded by Virginia and Maryland.
May 29, constitution adopted by Rhode Island.
Mar. 4, Vermont admitted into the Union.
Bank of the United States established.

First folio Bible printed by Worcester of Mass.
June 1, Kentucky admitted into the Union.
Washington re-elected president.

Death of John Hancock.

Insurrection in Pennsylvania.

June 1, Tennessee admitted into the Union.
Dec. 7, Washington's last speech to Congress.
March 4, John Adams inaugurated president.
Washington reappointed commander-in chief.
Dec. 14, death of George Washington.

Seat of government removed to Washington.
May 13, disbanding of the provisional army.
March 4, Thomas Jefferson inaugurated president.
July 20, Louisiana ceded to France by Spain.
Feb. 19, Ohio admitted into the Union.

April 30, Louisiana purchased by the United States.
August, Commodore Preble bombards Tripoli.

June 3, treaty of peace with Tripoli.

Expedition of Lewis and Clark to the mouth of the Columbia.
June 22, attack on the frigate Chesapeake.

July 2, interdict to armed British vessels.

Nov. 11, British orders in council.

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1810.

Dec. 17, Milan decree.

22, embargo laid by the American government. Jan. 1, slave-trade abolished.

April 17, Bayonne decree.

March 1, embargo repealed.

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4, James Madison inaugurated president.

March 23, Rambouillet decree.

May 16, engagement between the frigate President and Little Belt.

Nov. 7, battle of Tippecanoe.

April 3, embargo laid for ninety days.

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June 19, proclamation of war.

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66 23, British orders in council repealed.

Aug. 15, surrender of General Hull.

Action between the frigates Constitution and Guerriere.

66 Nov., defeat at Queenstown.

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March 28, action between the frigates Essex and Phœbe.

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Sept. 10, Perry's victory on Lake Erie.

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Dec. 13, Buffalo burnt.

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August, Washington city captured, and capitol burnt.

66 9, 11, Stonington bombarded.

11, M'Donough's victory on Lake Champlain.

Sept. 12, battle near Baltimore.

Dec. 24, treaty of Ghent signed.

Feb. 17, treaty of Ghent ratified by the president.
March, war declared with Algiers.

Mar. 4, James Monroe inaugurated president.
Dec. 10, Mississippi admitted into the Union.

1818. Dec. 3, Illinois

1819. Dec. 14, Alabama

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March 13, convention with Great Britain, for suppression of slave-trade.
April 5, convention with Russia in relation to the northwest boundary.
August 13, arrival of General Lafayette.

Mar. 4, John Quincy Adams inaugurated president.
Sept. 7, departure of General Lafayette.

July 4, death of Presidents Adams and Jefferson.

Feb. 20, resolutions passed by the Virginia house of delegates, denying the right of Congress to pass the tariff bill.

March 4, Andrew Jackson inaugurated president.

May 2, hail fell in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to the depth of twelve inches.
"17, death of John Jay, at Bedford, New York.

Sept. 15, slavery abolished in Mexico.

Nov. 9, separation of Yucatan from Mexico, and union with the republic of
Central America.

Dec. 4, revolution commences in Mexico.

Jan. 20, General Bolivar resigns his military and civil commissions.
"27, city of Guatemala nearly destroyed by earthquakes.

April 4, Yucatan declares its independence.

Jan. 12, remarkable eclipse of the sun.

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Oct. 1, free-trade convention at Philadelphia.

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July 4, death of James Monroe.

"26, tariff convention at New York.

Feb. 6, attack on Qualla Battoo, in Sumatra, by U. S. frigate Potomac.

June 8, cholera breaks out at Quebec, in Canada; being its first appearance in America.

Aug. 27, capture of Blackhawk.

Sept. 26, university of New York organized.

Nov., union and state-rights convention of South Carolina.

Dec. 28, John C. Calhoun resigns the office of vice-president.
Mar. 1, new tariff-bill signed by the president.

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4, Andrew Jackson inaugurated president for a second term. "11, state-rights convention of South Carolina.

"29, Santa Anna elected president of Mexico.

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Oct. 1, public deposites removed from the bank of the United States, by order of General Jackson.

Nov. 13, remarkable meteoric showers in the United States.

Mar. 28, vote of censure by the senate against General Jackson, for removing the deposites.

1835. April 18, French indemnity-bill passes the chamber of deputies.

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Dec. 16, great fire in New York.

1836. April 21, battle of San Jacinto, in Texas.

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June 14, Arkansas admitted into the Union.

Dec. 15, burning of the general postoffice and patent office, at Washington.
Jan. 26, Michigan admitted into the Union.

Mar. 4, Martin Van Buren inaugurated president of the United States.
Jan. 19, antarctic continent discovered by the U. S. exploring expedition.
June 30, sub-treasury bill becomes a law.

Mar. 4, William Henry Harrison inaugurated president of the United States.
April 4, death of President Harrison.

Aug. 9, sub-treasury bill repealed.

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March 3, bankrupt act repealed.

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1845.

June 17, Bunker Hill monument celebration.
Mar. 1, Texas annexed to the United States.

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66 4, James K. Polk inaugurated president. June 18, death of Andrew Jackson.

Dec. 24, Texas admitted into the Union.

1846. May 13, proclamation of war existing with Mexico.

A TABLE OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF THE UNITED STATES, From the year 1791 to 1845, inclusive-together with the Excess of Imports or Exports for each year, and the Net Revenue accruing from our Imports during the same period.

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*The commercial year of 1813 consisted of only nine months, and the fiscal year of only six months. This will account for the diminished imports and exports of that year. It is also worthy of remark, that the fiscal year of 1813 not only consisted of six months, but of that half of the year when the importations are generally the least; and hence the great falling off of the revenue. The facts above stated arose from the change of the commercial and fiscal year.

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PRESIDENTS OF THE SENATE-Pro tem.

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John Langdon, of New Hampshire.

S Richard Henry Lee, of Virginia.
John Langdon, of New Hampshire.
Ralph Izard, of South Carolina.
Henry Tazewell, of Virginia.

Samuel Livermore, of New Hampshire
William Bingham, of Pennsylvania.
William Bradford, of Rhode Island.
Theodore Sedgwick, of Massachusetts.
James Ross, of Pennsylvania.
Samuel Livermore, of New Hampshire
James Hillhouse, of Connecticut.
Abraham Baldwin, of Georgia.
Stephen R. Bradley, of Vermont.
John Brown, of Kentucky.

Jesse Franklin, of North Carolina.
Joseph Anderson, of Tennessee.

Samuel Smith, of Maryland.

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Stephen R. Bradley, of Vermont.
John Milledge, of Georgia.
Andrew Gregg, of Pennsylvania.
John Gaillard, of South Carolina.
John Pope, of Kentucky.
William H. Crawford, of Georgia.
John Gaillard, of South Carolina.
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James Barbour, of Virginia.

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Samuel Smith, of Maryland.
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Littleton W. Tazewell, of Virginia.
Hugh L. White, of Tennessee.

George Poindexter, of Mississippi.

John Tyler, of Virginia.

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Samuel L. Southard, of New Jersey.

Willie P. Mangum, of North Carolina.

NOTE. For dates of sessions of each Congress, and speakers of the house of representatives, see table, page 1543.

• Died in office.

↑ Resigned Dec. 28, 1832.

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CORRECTIONS.

Page 146-Mr. Jefferson disposed of his library to Congress, for $23,950, instead of $30,000, as stated.

Page 542-It is omitted to state that Samuel L. Southard, of New Jersey, was appointed secretary of the treasury, by President Monroe, on the 9th December, 1823, in place of Smith Thompson, resigned. Page 574-Of the children of John Quincy Adams, only one is now living; namely, Charles F. Adams, of Boston, Massachusetts.

Page 649-Samuel L. Southard was continued as secretary of the navy, by President Adams.

Page 1160-James K. Polk elected speaker for the second time; having been three times a candidate. On the first occasion (June 2, 1834) he

was defeated by John Bell.

Page 1573-LOUISIANA. The present number of senators, by the new constitution, is 32; of representatives, 98.

ADDITIONS TO CONTENTS.

List of Presidents of the Senate..

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Jefferson's Confidential Message recommending a Western Exploring Expedition, January 18, 1803...

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Washington's first Veto Message, April 5, 1792..

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Washington's second Veto Message, February 28, 1797...

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Madison's Veto Message on Internal Improvements, March 3, 1817....
Jackson's Land Bill Veto, December 4, 1833.......

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