Episodes Nearest to September 15, 1821: 1 through 25 of 25

  1. Education in the Nineteenth-Century South
    date September 15, 1821map LOUISA, Virginiatags Education

    Philip Saint George Ambler copied the poem Ode to Spring from Anacreon in September 1821. Copying poetry was a common part of education in the early nineteenth century. This practice would have taught not only poetry, but also handwriting and Greek mythology. Philip was one of John Ambler's sons; his education was a private education in which a tutor came to their house to educate the Ambler...

  2. Iveson L. Brookes Appointed Rector of Eatonton Academy
    date October 12, 1821map PUTNAM, Georgiatags Church/Religious-Activity, Education

    The evangelical explosion weaved and cemented itself through the South during the 18th century. Hundreds of thousands of Southerners followed the flourishing Christian principals, and Iveson L. Brookes was no different. He encountered the tenants of the Baptist tradition and became a devout follower. Brookes completed his coursework from the University of North Carolina in 1819 and spread the Baptist...

  3. New Rector at Eatonton Academy
    date October 21, 1821map JASPER, Georgiatags Church/Religious-Activity

    On October 12, 1821, Secretary William Williams of the Eatonton Academy sent a letter of inquiry to the residence of Iveson Lewis Brookes. The content of the letter, as authorized by the Eatonton Academy Board of Directors, asked Brookes to move from his estate in Bibb County, Georgia, to Jasper County, Georgia, in order to serve as the Rector of the Academy. Secretary Williams' letter began...

  4. Threshing Machines of Virginia
    date March 16, 1821 to November 2, 1821map FREDERICK, Virginiatags Agriculture, Science/Technology

    In Virginia, during the period before industrial boom, new techniques for threshing wheat were becoming more and more popular. The technique that had remained relatively unchanged since Biblical times was, after the wheat was harvested, to have it trodden upon by horses, cattle, or oxen. This practice was slow, tedious, and left dirty grain that only numbered in about five bushels a day per laborer....

  5. Oration Delivered to the Charleston Riflemen
    date July 4, 1821map CHARLESTON, South Carolinatags Government, Slavery

    Robert Elfe, Esq. delivered an oration to the Charleston Riflemen about where America has been and where it is going. In the printed version, he used terms such as liberty and fellow citizens in bold face all caps, suggesting that these are words he emphasized in his speech. He spoke on the importance of government, stating Man's elevation or depression in society is the effect of good or bad...

  6. Blackburn in Gallatin
    date 1821map SUMNER, Tennesseetags Church/Religious-Activity

    In 1821, Gideon Blackburn, a very talented Presbyterian itinerant preacher, also known for his proposal to establish a school for Cherokee children, came to Gallatin. More than 300 people where there to listen to him. According to the judge Jo C. Guild, who attended the meeting, he was the most powerful and eloquent minister he had ever heard.

    Religion was considered as one of the most important...

  7. Mid-Autumn Musters
    date 1821map ALBEMARLE, Virginiatags Arts/Leisure, War

    On consecutive weekends in October 1821, two companies of Albemarle militia held their yearly musters. On the first Saturday of the month, a company of artillery headed by Captain F.B. Dyers gathered at an old field in the countryside. This muster was the first ever of Dyer's troop. At the session, matters of moment pertaining to the company as a whole were submitted to the men. A week later,...

  8. Mrs Elizabeth Crockett's Poisoning
    date June 1, 1821 to June, 1821map MONTGOMERY, Tennesseetags Crime/Violence, Race-Relations, Slavery, Women

    Elizabeth Crockett, a member of one of the most famous families in Tennessee, died of blood poisoning in 1821. On June 1, 1821, a special court, held in Clarksville, Montgomery County, charged two slaves owned by Mr. William Sullivan with having killed Elizabeth Crockett. According to The Watchman, a Tennessean newspaper: the court and jury were occupied until about eleven o'clock, on Thursday...

  9. Mills and the Woolen Industry
    date May 11, 1821 to May 12, 1821map HENRICO, Virginiatags Agriculture, Economy

    M.H. Rice posted an advertisement in The Richmond Enquirer titled Wool Wanted. Rice claimed that cash will be paid for good, clean wool. In the expanding population of the early nineteenth century the demand for woolen cloth kept well ahead of its productive capacity. In response to the increased demand for wool, a boom in mill construction occurred across America. According to...

  10. The Republic Woman and the public sphere in the early 1800s.
    date March 2, 1822map SUFFOLK, Massachusettstags Women, women's rights

    Susan Thoughtful wrote to the editor of The Euterpeiad on March 2, 1822 to ask a few simple questions about the position of men and women in the republic society. She wondered how women were considered for government positions and how it affected the ideals of marriage. Thoughful questioned for example, a woman named Elizabeth Bartlett. Since she ran for office for the Register of Deeds,...

  11. The Portsmouth Fire of 1821
    date March 21, 1821map NORFOLK CITY, Virginiatags Economy, Urban-Life/Boosterism, Women

    At around 2:45 a.m. on the morning of Wed., March 21, 1821, a fire broke out in the kitchen of a vacant tenement on the corner of Main and Market Streets in Portsmouth, Virginia. The Norfolk and Portsmouth Herald of Friday, March 23 reported that owing to the violence of the wind, which was blowing at the time a perfect gale from S. S. W., and the combustible nature of the buildings, the...

  12. The Huger House Fire in Clermont, South Carolina
    date March 17, 1821map SUMTER, South Carolinatags Health/Death, Slavery, Women

    On March 17, 1821, a woman named Harriet Lucas Huger penned an affectionate letter to her aunt, Mrs. Harriott Horry, thanking her for expressing concern over the family's well-being. Just days earlier, a catastrophic fire had destroyed the Huger's plantation home in Clermont, South Carolina; upon finding this out, Mrs. Horry had written a letter to her niece to ensure the Huger family's...

  13. South Carolina State Lottery Drawing
    date March 8, 1821map CHARLESTON, South Carolinatags Arts/Leisure, Economy, Education

    Betting during the earlier decades of the nineteenth century was remarkably more popular among southern citizens than among citizens of the northern states. Although forms of gambling were less common up north, it was a prevalent facet of southern society in 1821. While New Orleans proved to be the major gambling center in the south, even rural South Carolinians were likely to bet on cards, dice,...

  14. Second Inaugural Address of President James Monroe
    date March 5, 1821map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Slavery

    America's fifth president, James Monroe, was a lawyer from the state of Virginia belonging to the Democratic - Republican Party, and served as president from 1817 to 1825. His presidency encompassed what came to be called the “Era of Good Feelings.' The largest political crisis Monroe faced while in office came toward the end of his first term, when the question of slavery shrouding...

  15. Spain Officially Cedes Florida to the United States/ Ratification of the Adams-Onis Treaty
    date February 19, 1821map Washington City, District of Columbiatags African-Americans, Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations, Slavery

    Beginning in 1818, President Monroe sent General Andrew Jackson to Spanish Florida to subdue the Seminole Indians, who were raiding American settlements. Liberally interpreting his ambiguous instructions, Jackson led his troops deep into areas of Florida under Spanish control, capturing two Spanish forts. Because Florida held the potential of becoming a new slave state, southern congressmen eagerly...

  16. The Proclaimed Truth behind the Erie Canal
    date February 7, 1821map ONTARIO, New Yorktags Robert Troup, DeWitt Clinton, Philip Schuyler, Elkanah Watson, Internal Improvements, Public Works, Lake Canal Policy, Politics, Migration/Transportation, Market Revolution, Erie Canal

    On February 7, 1821, an article in the Geneva Palladium attempted to vindicate the claims of the progenitor of the Erie Canal.  The author of the article claimed that while DeWitt Clinton was often credited with the creation of the Erie Canal, Philip Schuyler and Elkanah Watson are in fact the true progenitors of this magnificent waterway.  With the help of Robert Troup’s pamphlet published...

  17. Alexander Ross writes of his travels as a Fur Trader.
    date May 1, 1822map TERRITORY, Territorytags Ross, Alexander, fur trade, Economy

    The value of furs and peltries were increasing, causing many adventurers to travel abroad and engage in the fur trade.  Alexander Ross was raised in Scotland on his father’s farm. In 1804, He left for Quebec where his journey led him from being a schoolmaster to that of a fur trader. In 1822, in a letter to his sister, Alexander Ross wrote about his regrets, travels, and misfortunes abroad. All...

  18. The Brig Nautius Sets Sail for African Colony
    date January 23, 1821map NORFOLK CITY, Virginiatags African-Americans, Church/Religious-Activity, Economy, Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations, Slavery

    The Brig Nautius captained by a Capt. Blair sailed from the port of Norfolk on the morning of Tuesday January 23, 1821. The vessel was bound for the coast of Africa, and carried on board a number of free blacks seeking (or having sought for them) a new life in the African colony, which would later be termed Liberia. Aboard were also a number of clergy from varying denominations ranging from Methodist...

  19. Sports of the Turf
    date May 12, 1822 to May 13, 1822map PRINCESS ANNE, Virginiatags Arts/Leisure, Migration/Transportation, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    In Portsmouth, Virginia the Greens Course hosted a series of horse races on Friday, June 15, 1822. The American Beacon and Commercial Daily posted advertisements for the event starting a month before officials scheduled for it to take place. This allowed time for news to spread throughout the region. It cost 20 dollars to enter a horse into the race, but owners who lived within a 50 miles...

  20. Mexico Permits First Anglo Settlement in Spanish Texas
    date January 17, 1821tags Health/Death, Migration/Transportation, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    Moses Austin, originally a Connecticut merchant, migrated throughout the U.S. States and western territories developing the lead industry. After coming into economic ruin after settling in Missouri, he set his sights on economic expansion in Spanish Texas, and became the first man to obtain permission to bring Anglo-American settlers into the foreign territory. Permission was granted for the settlement...

  21. Territorial Capital of Mississippi Established at Jackson
    date January, 1821tags Race-Relations, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    The site of the city, a trading post known as Le Fleur's Bluff near the Natchez Trace, is located on the west bank of the Pearl River thirty-five miles southwest of the geographical center of Mississippi, and was originally owned and inhabited by the Choctaw Indians. The Choctaw were the largest tribe found in the region and their lands stretched throughout western Alabama and southern Mississippi....

  22. Sale of Thomas Blackwell's Estate
    date January 11, 1821map HENRICO, Virginiatags African-Americans, Health/Death, Slavery

    The Richmond Enquirer, the leading newspaper in Richmond, Virginia during the first half of the nineteenth century posted a notice from W. D. Wren, the executer of Thomas Blackwell's estate, about the sale off this estate to take place on January 15, 1821 (or the next fair day). The sale consisted of all household and kitchen furniture as well as horses several negroes. All items were...

  23. Ratification of the First Treaty of Indian Springs
    date January 8, 1821tags Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations

    Prior to the early 18th Century, most of Georgia was home to American Indians belonging to two groups of Native-Americans; the Cherokee Nation and a southeastern alliance known as the Creek Confederacy. The First Treaty of Indian Springs marks Georgia's first of many governmental and territorial struggles with its Native American population. The provisions of the treaty gave the U.S. government...

  24. Essex: Starvation and Survival
    date November 20, 1820 to February 23, 1821map NANTUCKET, Massachusettstags whaling, Nantucket, cannibalism, Essex

    As the sun sank toward the horizon, the empty, blue enormity of the Pacific washed over three small whale boats. The Essex had sailed from Nantucket a year ago, scouring two oceans for the whale oil that drove the island’s economy.  On November 20, 1820, the ship was 2000 miles west of South America, over 1200 miles from the nearest island. That day, an eighty-ton sperm whale escaped...

  25. Alabama Legislature Charters State University
    date December 18, 1820map CAHAWBA(BIBB), Alabamatags Education

    A year before Alabama was admitted to the Union as a state on March 2, 1819, the federal government authorized a grant for the territory to set aside land for a “seminary of learning.' With the addition of Alabama as a state came a second township of the grant. This seminary was officially established by the General Assembly of Alabama on December 18, 1820, when Tuscaloosa was the state...