The Lexington was a paddlewheel steamboat operating along the Northeastern coast of the United States from 1835 to 1840. ... She was sold to the New Jersey Steamship Navigation and Transportation Company in December 1838 for around US$60,000. From 1835 to 1840, the Lexington was the fastest vessel en route from New York City to Boston.

1840 was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1840th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 840th year of the 2nd millennium, the 40th year of the 19th century, and the 1st year of the 1840s decade. As of the start of 1840, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days …

Packet boats were medium-sized boats designed for domestic mail, passenger, and freight transportation in European countries and in North American rivers and canals, some of them steam driven. They were used extensively during the 18th and 19th centuries and featured regularly scheduled service. When such ships were put into use in the 18th century on the …

The region Northeast Ohio, in the US state of Ohio, in its most expansive usage contains six metropolitan areas (Cleveland–Elyria, Akron, Canton–Massillon, Youngstown–Warren, Mansfield, and Weirton–Steubenville) along with eight micropolitan statistical areas.Most of the region is considered either part of the Cleveland–Akron–Canton, OH Combined Statistical Area and …

The United States twenty-dollar bill ($20) is a denomination of U.S. currency.A portrait of Andrew Jackson, the seventh U.S. president (1829–1837), has been featured on the obverse of the bill since 1928; the White House is featured on the reverse.. As of December 2018, the average life of a $20 bill in circulation is 7.8 years before it is replaced due to wear.

Ship Sunk date Notes Coordinates USS Admiral W. L. Capps 16 June 2000 An Admiral W. S. Benson-class transport that was sunk as a target.: Agano: 15 February 1944 An Agano-class cruiser that was torpedoed by USS Skate 160 miles north of Chuuk: Akagi: 5 June 1942 An aircraft carrier that was scuttled during the Battle of Midway: Chūyō: 4 December 1943 A Taiyō …

Driver charged in deadly crash at Hingham Apple store says it was an accident According to prosecutors, Bradley Rein told investigators he was looking for an eyeglass store when his right foot ...

La ocupación estadounidense de Nicaragua de 1912 a 1933? fue un acontecimiento histórico encuadrado en las llamadas «guerras bananeras», en las que el Ejército de los Estados Unidos intervino en varios países de la América Latina entre 1898 y 1934. La ocupación oficial del país centroamericano comenzó en 1912, aunque los estadounidenses ya lo habían atacado en …

Mary Church Terrell (born Mary Eliza Church; September 23, 1863 – July 24, 1954) was one of the first African-American women to earn a college degree, and became known as a national activist for civil rights and suffrage. She taught in the Latin Department at the M Street School (now known as Paul Laurence Dunbar High School)—the first African American public high …

John Morrissey (February 12, 1831 – May 1, 1878), also known as Old Smoke, was an Irish American politician, bare-knuckle boxing champion, and criminal.. He was born in 1831 in Ireland.His parents moved to New York State when he was a young child. In the early 1850s he went to San Francisco at the time of the California Gold Rush.In California he became a bare …