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(Capital of the United States of America 1785–1788 and 1789–1790). Albany: 1797: Capital of the State of New York. North Carolina Statehood in 1776: San Agustín: 1565: Capital of the Spanish province of La Florida. [g] Charlestown (SC) [m] 1670: Capital of the English Province of Carolina. 1707: Capital of the British Province of Carolina ...
January 21 – William Hill Brown's anonymous sentimental epistolary novel The Power of Sympathy: or, The Triumph of Nature, usually considered the first American novel, is published in Boston. [1] January 23 – Georgetown University is founded in what would become Washington, D.C., becoming the first Catholic college in the United States.
The Samuel Osgood House, also known as the Walter Franklin House, was the first official residence of the President of the United States.It housed George Washington, his family, and household staff, from April 23, 1789, to February 23, 1790, during New York City's two-year term as the national capital.
Kingston has three recognized area neighborhoods. The Uptown Stockade Area, The Midtown Area, and The Downtown Waterfront Area. The Uptown Stockade District was the first capital of New York State. Meanwhile, the Midtown area is known for its early 20th century industries and is home to the Ulster Performing Arts Center and the historic City ...
NEW YORK (AP) — In the winter of 1789, around the time George Washington was elected the country's first president, a Boston-based printer quietly launched another American institution. William Hill Brown's “The Power of Sympathy,” published anonymously by Isaiah Thomas & Company, is widely cited as something momentous: the first American ...
Columbia, formerly Wright's Ferry, is a borough (town) in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 10,222. [3] It is 28 miles (45 km) southeast of Harrisburg, on the east (left) bank of the Susquehanna River, across from Wrightsville and York County and just south of U.S. Route 30.
Donald Trump Jr. is getting into the investment game. The son of the incoming president is reportedly joining 1789 Capital, a boutique investment company that focuses almost exclusively on ...
Presidential elections were first held in the United States from December 15, 1788 to January 7, 1789, under the new Constitution ratified in 1788. George Washington was unanimously elected for the first of his two terms as president and John Adams became the first vice president.