Documents in Year 1817                     

Links of Interest:

• James Madison, Fourth U.S. President

(1809-1817)

• James Monroe, Fifth U.S. President

(1817-1825)

• Statehood

Mississippi (20 of 50 States) Admitted 10 Dec 1817, see 1818 for next state

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• Education:

  Harvard Law School established

see 1819 for next event...

• Native Americans:

Creek War 1813-14 and 1817-18 between U.S. and Creek Indians (southeast)
Viola, Herman I, North American Indians, Crown Publishers, New York: New York, 1996

• Technology/Transportation:

  Erie Canal Started - took 8 years