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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 Excerpt: ...Capital of the United States. 1791, August 30, Issue of the first United States patent. 1792, April 2, United States Mint established at Philadelphia, Penn sylvania. 1793, September 18, Laying of the corner stone of the Capitol, at Washington, District of Columbia. 1784, May 8, Congress established the Post-Office Department. 1796, September 17, President Washington issued his Farewell Address. 1799, December 14, Death of President Washington. 1807, January 19, Birth of General Robert E. Lee. 1807, August 11, First trial trip of a steamboat, by Robert Fulton, its inventor, on the Hudson River. 1809, February 12, Birth of Abraham Lincoln. 1813, September 10, Perry's victory on Lake Erie. 1815, January 8, Battle of New Orleans. 1816, December 13, Establishment, at Boston, Massachusetts, of the first Savings Bank in the United States. 1819, May 22, the first steam vessel to cross the Atlantic Ocean sailed from Atlanta, Georgia..-- - 1844, May 27, First telegraph message sent by Professor Morse, the inventor of telegraphy. 1846, April 23, Beginning of the Mexican War. 1847, February 22, Battle of Buena Vista. 1847, September 14, Capture of the City of Mexico by the United States Army. 1851, August 27, the Yacht "America" won the international cup race, at Cowes, England. 1858, August 16, the Old World and the New World connected by tele graphic cable. 1859, October 18, Capture of John Brown, at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. 1860, December 20, South Carolina seceded from the Union. 1861, April 12, Fort Sumter, South Carolina, bombarded. 1861, April 15, President Lincoln issued his first call for volunteers. 1861, July 21, Battle of Bull Run. 1862, March 9, Fight, in Hampton Roads, Virginia, between the "Mon itor" and the "Merrimac....
