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1st weekly magazine
1st illustrated weekly magazine in US publishes 1st issue, NYC -
Period: to
1842
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Wire Suspension
1st US wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Penn -
Adhesive Postage Stamps
1st adhesive postage stamps in US (private delivery company), NYC -
1st sewing machine
1st known sewing machine patented in US, John Greenough, Wash DC -
Child Labor law
1st US child labor law regulating working hours passed (Mass) -
Border Defined
US-Canada border defined by Webster-Ashburton Treaty -
Seminole War Ends
Seminole War ends; Indians removed from Florida to Oklahoma -
Naval Observatory
US Naval Observatory authorized by an act of Congress -
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
1st edition of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, published -
George Latimer
Fugitive slave George Latimer, captured in Boston