1801
	John Marshall is named Supreme Court Justice. June-Tripoli declares war on the US.  The US had been paying the north state of Tripoli for trade rights, since          1784.  They demanded more money and the US refused.  From 1801 to 1825 the Tripoli government had  been capturing our ships and using them.  In one raid Lt. Decatuer and his men managed to get aboard "The Philadelphia," which had been captured, and burned it before Tripoli could use it.  The "war" ended in 1805 when Captain Eaton led 500 men across the desert from Alexandria and captured the town of Domah. Jefferson is inaugurated president. Mastodon  fossils are discovered on a New York farm, the first skeletons ever found of the extinct mammal President Thomas Jefferson submits his first annual message to the United States Congress in writing.
	Home Page  |  About The Site  |  Table of Contents   |  Pictures  |  Index References  |  Related Links
					mlw0685@yahoo.com