U.S. House of Representatives Calendar

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1. 1808:David Thomas (NY) resigned his seat in the House of Representatives. 2. 1808:
Sec. of State James Madison wrote about conditions for ending embargo with France. 		3. 1808:
Capt. George Peter named senior captain of first light artillery company in US Army.
4. 1808:
President Thomas Jefferson referred to Cherokee as "children" and himself as "father". 		5. 1808:
Henry Stone of Cumberland, Maryland offered $100 reward to capture horse thief.		 6. 1808:
Jefferson told Treasury Sec. Albert Gallatin to strictly enforce the embargo.		 7. 1808:
William Thornton accused B. Henry Latrobe of backing out of duel.		 8. 1808:
Marine Corps barracks established in Charleston, South Carolina.		 9. 1808:
Boston residents voted to petition the President to repeal embargo.		 10. 1808:
Mass. Republicans warned that Jefferson's enemies tried to embarrass him.

11. 1808:
Latrobe announced he would sue Thornton for libel.

12. 1808:
Sec. of War Henry Dearborn issued call for proposals to supply muskets.

 13. 1808:
Rhodes Grant offered reward for pocketbook lost on Rhone Island road.		 14. 1808:
Andrew Jackson suggested foreigners provoked Creek attacks in Tenn. 		15. 1808:
Madison returned home after difficult journey across rain swollen river. 		16. 1808:
Both contestants killed in Virginia duel with rifles. 		17. 1808:
Sec. of War ordered Col. Thomas Hunt to put forts on Osage and Des Moines rivers.
18. 1808:
Dr. James Blake's friends petitioned Jefferson to find him a government job.

19. 1808:
Charles Bulfinch chosen Boston police superintendent.

 20. 1808:
Jefferson wrote that more people supported embargo.		 21. 1808:
Andrew Jackson received 320 acre grant in Rutherford County, Tenn.		 22. 1808:
Simon Fraser left Fort George, British Columbia in search of Pacific Ocean. 		23. 1808:
Latrobe wrote Jefferson detailed description of progress on public works.		 24. 1808:
Jefferson recommended Sec. of War consider Robert Brent as paymaster.

25. 18087:
Latrobe again refuted Thornton's allegations.

26. 1808:
Meriweather Lewis wrote that Osage had attacked settlers in Missouri.

 27. 1808:
John Graham notified Madison of account of Pike's expedition. 		28. 1808:
Latrobe sued Thornton, asking for $10,000 damages. 		29. 1808:
Daniel Webster married Grace Fletcher in Salisbury, New Hampshire. 		30. 1808:
James Pemberton sent Jefferson information of book about history of slave trade. 		31. 1808:
Sentinel of Freedom reported Federalist victories in New York, Rhode Island and Mass.

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