U.S. House of Representatives Calendar

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1. 1808:
Newspaper reported gunboats were used to enforce the embargo. 		2. 1808:
Navy Sec. Robert Smith authorized building two gunboats on Lake Champlain. 		3. 1808:
Charles Wilson Peale wrote about improvements to Thomas Jefferson's polygraph machine. 		4. 1808:
Former Rep. Fisher Ames (Mass) died in Dedham. 		5. 1808:
Lightning strike in Savannah caused more than $100,000 damage.
6. 1808:
President Jefferson's cabinet discussed British and French actions affecting American trade. 		7. 1808:
Boston Independent Chronicle reported Independence Day celebrations.		 8. 1808:
Jonas Simonds appointed first colonel of 6th Infantry Regiment.		 9. 1808:
Samuel Parker awarded patent for leather tanning machine.		 10. 1808:
John Armstrong asked French government about destruction of four U.S. vessels.		 11. 1808:
Dr. William Shippen, Jr., died of antrax in Philadelphia.		 12. 1808:
William Henry Harrison wrote Sec. of War that Shawnee Prophet was under his control.

13. 1808:
Barnum and Brooks awarded patent for alcohol still.

14. 1808:
200 African Americans in Boston celebrated abolition of foreign slave trade. 		15. 1808:
James Craig noted that British indifference had driven Indians to side with Americans.		 16. 1808:
Jefferson instructed Navy Sec. Smith to send gunboats to places most likely to evade embargo. 		17. 1808:
Jefferson asked Meriwether Lewis to write him about Indian affairs. 		18. 1808:
Newspaper editor tried for libel of Baltimore City official. 		19. 1808:
Former Rep. John Paterson died in Lisle, New York.
20. 1808:
Report circulated that dispatches for French minister had arrived.

21. 1808:
William Clark wrote he planned to build fort on Missouri River.

 22. 1808:
Madison wrote Armstrong that French must revoke their decrees to avoid war with the U.S.		 23. 1808:
Baptis Irvine, editor of The Whig, was found guilty of libel.		 24. 1808:
David Warden wrote Jefferson that Parisians were interested in Lewis and Clark writings. 		25. 1808:
New York City Council ordered paving of Provost Street west of Hudson Street.		 26. 1808:
Samuel Wiswall advertised his steamboat traveling between New York and Albany.

27. 1808:
Valentin de Forenada wrote Madison about Spanish war with Napoleon.

28. 1808:
Treasury Sec., Albert Gallatin warned border collectors about smuggling from Canada.

 29. 1808:
William Pinkney met with British officials about U.S. neutral rights. 		30. 1808:
Navy Sec. Smith approved contract for building frigate Oneida. 		31. 1808:
Hopley Yeaton commissioned lieutenant of argillery regiment.

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