1793 in the United States

::Frederick Muhlenberg (Anti-Admin.-Pennsylvania) (starting December 2) - Congress: [2nd](2nd-united-states-congress) (until March 4), [3rd](3rd-united-states-congress) (starting March 4) #### State governments ::data[format=table] | Governors and lieutenant governors | |---| | | :: ## Events ### January–March - January 9 – Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to fly in a gas balloon in the Western Hemisphere, from Walnut Street Jail in Philadelphia to Deptford Township, New Jersey. George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and James Monroe are among the spectators. - February – In Manchester, Vermont, the wife of a captain falls ill, probably with tuberculosis. Some locals believe that the cause of her illness is that a demon vampire is sucking her blood. As a cure, Timothy Mead burns the heart of a deceased person in front of a crowd of a few hundred. - February 12 – The Fugitive Slave Act is passed by Congress as the first of the federal fugitive slave laws under the U.S. Constitution. - February 25 – George Washington holds the first Cabinet meeting as President of the United States. - February 27 – The Giles resolutions are introduced to the United States House of Representatives, asking the House to condemn Alexander Hamilton's handling of loans. - March 1 – John Langdon becomes President pro tempore of the United States Senate until March 3. - March 4 – President George Washington and Vice President John Adams are sworn in for their second term, in Philadelphia. ### April–June - April 9 – Edmond-Charles Genêt, France's new Minister to the United States, arrives at Charleston, South Carolina. - April 22 – George Washington signs the Neutrality Proclamation. - June 21 – The town of Hamilton, Massachusetts, is incorporated. ### July–September - July 9 – The Constitution of Vermont is adopted. - August 1 – The yellow fever epidemic of 1793 starts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. - September 18 – United States Capitol cornerstone laying: President George Washington lays the cornerstone for the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. ### October–December - October 12 – The cornerstone of Old East, the oldest state university building in the United States, is laid in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on the campus of the University of North Carolina (the 12th of October is subsequently celebrated at the University as University Day). - October 28 – Eli Whitney applies for patent for his cotton gin (the patent is granted the following March). - November 9 – George Washington visits Philadelphia to announce end of the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia; around 5,000 people have been killed by the fever. - December 9 – New York City's first daily newspaper, the *American Minerva*, is established by Noah Webster. ### Undated - Hannah Slater applies to patent a new method of producing sewing thread from cotton. - The first year of regular production begins for the United States Mint in Philadelphia and the half cent is minted for the first time. - Lawrence Academy (Groton, Massachusetts) is chartered. - Slater Mill is completed in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, as the first water-powered cotton spinning mill in North America to utilize the Arkwright system of cotton spinning as developed by Samuel Slater. ### Ongoing - Northwest Indian War (1785–1795) ## Births - January 3 – Lucretia Mott, women's rights activist and abolitionist (died [1880](1880-in-the-united-states)) - January 4 – Roger Sherman Baldwin, U.S. Senator from Connecticut from 1847 to 1851 (died [1863](1863-in-the-united-states)) - January 14 – John C. Clark, politician (died [1852](1852-in-the-united-states)) - February 9 – James Long, Filibuster and founder of the Long Republic - the first "Republic of Texas". (died [1822](1822-in-the-united-states)) - March 2 – Sam Houston, President of the Republic of Texas (died [1863](1863-in-the-united-states)) - June 6 – Edward C. Delavan, temperance leader (died [1871](1871-in-the-united-states)) - July 15 – Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps, American educator, scientist and writer (died [1884](1884-in-the-united-states)) - July 19 – Thomas Doughty, landscape painter (died [1856](1856-in-the-united-states)) - August 25 – John Neal, writer, critic, editor, lecturer, and activist (died [1876](1876-in-the-united-states)) - October 28 – Eliphalet Remington, gunmaker (died [1861](1861-in-the-united-states)) - November 3 – Stephen F. Austin, empresario (died [1836](1836-in-the-united-states)) - December 15 – Henry Charles Carey, economist (died [1879](1879-in-the-united-states)) - Date unknown - Sandy Cornish, freed slave and farmer (died [1869](1869-in-the-united-states)) - John Slidell, U.S. Senator from Louisiana from 1853 to 1861 (died [1871 in the United Kingdom](1871-in-the-united-kingdom)) ## Deaths - July 23 – Roger Sherman, lawyer, statesman and signatory of the Declaration of Independence (born [1721](1721)) - October 8 – John Hancock, businessman, smuggler, statesman, patriot and signatory of the Declaration of Independence (born [1737](1737)) - Date unknown – Philip Phile, violinist and composer (born c.1734 in Germany) ## References ## References 1. Tucker, Abigail. (October 2012). ["The Great New England Vampire Panic"](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-great-new-england-vampire-panic-36482878/). *[[Smithsonian (magazine)*. 2. (1910). "Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A.D. to 1909". *Harper & Brothers*. 3. ["Town of Hamilton"](https://www.hamiltonma.gov/). 4. ["Welcome to Our Boarding & Day High School"](https://www.lacademy.edu/page.cfm?p=1221). 5. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Old Slater Mill / Old Slater Mill; Slater Mill Historic Site". 6. (2008). "Early American nature writers : a biographical encyclopedia". *Greenwood Press*. 7. Sears, Donald A.. (1978). "John Neal". *Twayne Publishers*. ::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1793_in_the_United_States) and is available under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the [article history page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1793_in_the_United_States?action=history). ::