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### *POP*Culture: 1800

**ICONS:** Lewis & Clark, Louisiana Purchase, Robert Fulton's Steamboat 
                          - John Chapman (a.k.a. Johnny Appleseed) begins handing out apple seeds and seedlings to Ohio settlers in 1800.
                          - The U.S. Library of Congress is founded on April 24, 1800.
                          - The United States and North African Berber Muslims fight the First Barbary War from 1801 to 1805 in an effort to halt Barbary pirates' attacks upon American merchant shipping.
                          - The "District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801" creates the planned city and capital of the United States under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress.
                          - The first edition of the  New York Post  is published November 16, 1801.
                          - Martha Washington, America's first "First Lady" dies May 22, 1802, at Mount Vernon, VA.
                          - Lewis and Clark begin their expedition to map the northwest United States on May 14, 1804.
                          - Alexander Hamilton dies following a duel with Vice President Aaron Burr on July 11, 1804.
                          - Painter Charles Willson Peale establishes the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1805.
                          - Noah Webster publishes his  Compendious Dictionary of the English Language  in 1806.
                          - President Thomas Jefferson signs "The Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves of 1807" into law on March 3, 1807, ending the transatlantic slave trade.
                          - On April 11, 1803, while negotiating to purchase New Orleans, LA, from the French for $10 million, the U.S. delegation headed by Robert R. Livingston is dumbfounded to be offered the 828,800 square mile "Louisiana Purchase" instead for $15 million.  Livingston accepts without consulting President Thomas Jefferson to prevent Napoleon from rescinding the offer.
                          - On February 11, 1809, Robert Fulton patents his steamboat and soon after begins offering services on major rivers and the Chesapeake Bay.
                          - Future 16th President of the United States Abraham Lincoln is born on February 12, 1809, in Hardin County, KY.

| The 1800 Census |   | 10 Largest Urban Places         |
|-----------------|--------|---------------------------------|
| 5,308,483       |
| 6.1             | 1      | New York City, NY               | 60,515 |
| 35.1            | 2      | Philadelphia, PA                | 41,220 |
| August 4        | 3      | Baltimore, MD                   | 26,514 |
| 16              | 4      | Boston town, MA                 | 24,937 |
| $66,000         | 5      | Charleston, SC                  | 18,824 |
| 1.2             | 6      | Northern Liberties township, PA | 10,718 |
| 74              | 7      | Southwark district, PA          | 9,621 |
| 900 (est.)      | 8      | Salem town, MA                  | 9,457 |
|                 | 9      | Providence town, RI             | 7,614 |
| John Marshall   | 10     | Norfolk borough, VA             | 6,926 |
| 6               |

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