1838 in rail transport - January events. January 1 - The United States government contracts with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to carry mail; the B&O is the first railroad to be awarded such a contract in the US. 1838 in rail transport - July events. July 7 - An act of the United States Congress officially designates all railro ...

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In May, 1828, the United States Congress, after prodding by President John Quincy Adams, voted to send an expedition round the world, it was with the understanding that the country would derive great benefit. It was to promote commerce and to offer protection to the heavy investment in the whaling and seal hunting industries, chiefly in the Pacific Ocean. Congress also agreed that a public ship or ships should be used. At the time, the only ships owned by the government capable of such a circumnavigation were those of the U.S. Navy. S ...

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Leaving Hampton Roads on Saturday, August 18, 1838, the expedition stopped at the Madeira Islands and Rio de Janeiro; visited Tierra del Fuego, Chile and Peru. The Sea Gull and its crew of fifteen were lost during a South American coastal storm in May, 1839. From South American the expedition visited the Tuamotu Archipelago, Samoa and New South Wales. In December, 1839 the expedition sailed from Sydney into the Antarctic Ocean and reported the discovery "of an Antarctic continent west of the Balleny Islands". Following this, the exped ...

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For a short time Wilkes was attached to the Coast Survey, but from 1844 to 1861 he was chiefly engaged in preparing the report of the expedition. Twenty-eight volumes were planned but only nineteen were published. Of these Wilkes wrote the Narrative (1845) and the volumes Hydrography and Meteorology (1851). The Narrative contains much interesting material concerning the manners and customs and political and economic conditions in many places then little known. Other valuable contributions were the three reports of James Dwight ...

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1. Edward Quintal (1838-1839) 2. Arthur Quintal I (1840-1841) 3. Fletcher Christian II (1842) 4. Matthew McCoy (1843) 5. Thursday October Christian II (1844) 6. Arthur Quintal II (1845-1846) 7. Charles Christian III (1847) 8. George Adams (1848) 9. Simon Young (1849) -- Arthur Quintal II (1850) -- Thursday October Christian II (1851) 10. Abraham Blatchly Quintal (1852) --- Matthew McCoy (1853) --- Arthur Quintal II (1854) --- George Martin Frederick Young (1855-3 ...

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Many non-Mormons apparently believed that local Mormon leaders in Missouri agreed that Mormon settlement would be limited to Caldwell County. If so, this agreement would not have had any legal standing. The compromise that allowed Mormons to live with their Missourian neighbors began to break down in 1838. In the course of 1837, problems at the church's headquarters in Kirtland, Ohio centering around the Kirtland Safety Society bank, led to schism. The church presidency, Joseph Smith Jr. and Sidney Rigdon, and their loyalists relocate ...

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Critics have noted that the 1838 account related above is but the final version of Smith's First Vision. There are several earlier records of the First Vision (some of which were made second-hand). Smith participated in recording at least four accounts of the First Vision, the first of which was recorded in 1831 or 1832 (after the Church of Christ was officially organized in 1830). A detailed account was not published until ...

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1. Fletcher Christian (23 January 1790-3 October 1793) 2. Edward Young (3 October 1793-25 December 1800) 3. John Adams (25 December 1800-5 March 1829) (The death of John Adams led to a power vacuum. An important leader was Thursday October Christian the first child born on the island. In the ensuing period, the islanders tried to relocate to Tahiti, until the arrival of Joshua Hill). ...

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In the spring of 1820 when he was fourteen years old, Smith reported he was reading the Bible when he came across the following verse in the first chapter of the Epistle of James: James 1:5 - If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. Smith felt deeply impressed by this particular scripture, believing he needed guidance in choosing the proper church to join. One morning, he went into a grove of trees (called "the sacred grove ...

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Florida Constitution - The 1838 Florida Constitution. One of the requirements for a territory to become a State of the Union is that its constitution be approved by Congress. In order to fulfill that requirement, an Act was passed by the Territorial Council in 1838, approved by Governor Richard Keith Call, calling for the election of delegates in October of 1838 to a convention to be held at St. Joseph, West Florida. The delegates were to draft a constitution and bill of rights for the Territory of Florida. The C ...

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1. James Russell McCoy (1893-1896) 2. William Alfred Young (1897) -- James Russell McCoy (1897-1904) -- William Alfred Young (1904) ...

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Northern and western New York frequently experienced religious revivals, which would later lead to its being termed the Burned-over district. Several religions were established in this era, including the faith Smith founded, sometimes called the Latter Day Saint movement, represented by its largest sect, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As a boy living in Palmyra, New York, Joseph Smith, Jr., reported he was unsure which of the various religious sects he should join. His father's family had converted to the Presbyterian faith, and four had joined the local church. He was considering joining the Methodist church wh ...

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First Vision, First Vision - Background, First Vision - Summary of Joseph Smith Jr.'s 1838 Account of The First Vision, First Vision - Criticisms of the LDS Interpretation of the First Vision, First Vision - 1830 Allusion, First Vision - 1832 Account, First Vision - 1834 Account, First Vision - 1835 Account, First Vision - 1838 Version, First Vision - A Chronology of Various First Vision Accounts

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General David R. Atchison wrote a letter Governor Lilburn Boggs on October 16, 1838. He stated that General Parks reported to him that "a portion of the men from Carroll county, with one piece of artillery, are on their march for Daviess county, where it is thought the same lawless game is to be played over, and the Mormons to be driven from that county and probably from Caldwell county." (Document, p. 39). Atchison said further, "I would respectfully suggest to your Excellency the propriety of a visit to the scene of excitement in pe ...

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Bhaktivinoda Thakura:

Bhaktivinoda Thakura (born. 1838-1914): great acarya, teacher of the teacher of Swami Prabhupada, writer of many songs and books about Krishna. He restored the stature of Navadvipa (in Bengal), as the birth place of Lord Caitanya and is often found on the individual shrines of the Vaishnava's as the founder of the modern method of adaptation to the innovations of society and the upgrading of devotional service.

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--- James Russell McCoy (1904-1906) 16. Arthur Herbert Young (1907) --- William Alfred Young (1908) 17. Matthew Edmond McCoy (1909) 18. Gerard Bromley Robert Christian (1910-1919) 19. Charles Richard Parkin Christian (1920) 20. Frederick Martin Christian (1921) --- Charles Richard Parkin Christian (1922) 21. Edgar Allen Christian (1923-1924) --- Charles Richard Parkin Christian (1925) --- Edgar Allen Christian (1926-1929) --- Arthur Herbert Young (1930-1931) --- Edgar Allen Christian (1932) --- Charles R ...

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(main article: Gallatin Election Day Battle) Daviess County was a sparsely settled area immediately north of Mormon Caldwell County. Perhaps 150 non-Mormon families lived in Daviess with settlements including Millport, Grindstone Fork, and the county seat, Gallatin (LeSueur, p. 59). In the spring of 1838, Latter Day Saints created their own settlement called Adam-ondi-Ahman and they began to quickly settle the county. By summer, the Mormon population equalled or exceded the non-Mormon population. Non-Mormon Missourians believed ...

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The town was founded by Missouri Mormon leaders, W. W. Phelps and John Whitmer in August 1836 shortly before the county's creation. The town was platted originally as a 1 mile square area, centered on a public square which was to house a temple. The design of the town resembled Mormon founder and prophet Joseph Smith Jr.'s plan for the City of Zion, which had been planned to be built in the town of Independence, Jackson County, Missouri. As t ...

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Earlier that spring, Henry Root, a Missourian who was a major land-owner in Carroll County visited Far West and sold his plots in the mostly vacant town of De Witt to church leaders. De Witt possessed a strategically important location near the intersection of the Grand River and the Missouri River. Two members of the Far West High Council, George M. Hinkle and John Murdock were sent to take possession of the town and ...

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In 1859 Glover crossed from Shanghai to Nagasaki and worked initially for Jardine Matheson buying Japanese green tea. Two years later he founded his own firm, Glover Trading Co. (Guraba- Shokai). His first major success was as a merchant for ships, guns and gunpowder sold to the rebellious Satsuma, Choshu and Tosa clans in Japan during the 1860s. His business was based in Nagasaki and it was here that he had construct ...

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Shortly after organizing the early Mormon church, founder Joseph Smith Jr. revealed to Latter Day Saints that the Second Coming of Christ was near at hand and that the "centerplace" of the City of Zion would be near the town of Independence in Jackson County, Missouri. Latter Day Saints began to settle in Jackson County to "build up" the City of Zion in 1831. Settlement was rapid and non-Mormon residents became alarmed that they might lose political control of the county to the Latter Day Saints. In October 1833, non-Mormon vigilantes succed ...

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U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works - Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Public Buildings 1838-1857. William S. Fulton (D-AR) 1838-1841 John Leeds Kerr (W-MD) 1841-1842 William L. Dayton (W-NJ) 1842-1845 Simon Cameron (D-PA) 1845-1846 Jesse D. Bright (D-IN) 1846-1847 Robert M. T. Hunter (D-VA) 1847-1851 James Whitcomb (D-IN) 1851-1852See also:

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