Week of Monday,
August 25, 2008
August 27,
1823
In a letter to Rufus King,
Christopher Gore talks of
politicians and then moves
on to familiar topics between
old friends.
August 29, 1809
Oliver Wendell
Holmes Sr., physician and author,
father of Supreme Court Justice
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.,
born.
August 30, 1814
Senator Rufus
King wrote to Senator Christopher
Gore about the burning of Washington,
DC, 6 days earlier. He
expressed ideas about the
future actions of Congress
and the whereabouts of President
James Monroe.
Week of Monday, September
1, 2008
September 1,
1807
Aaron Burr acquitted of
treason.
September 4,
1809
Governor and Mrs. Gore
arrived in Portland, Maine
to participate in a commencement
ceremony at Bowdoin College.
September 7,
1813
The term “Uncle Sam” was
first used in the Troy
Post to refer to the
United States .
Week of Monday, September
8, 2008
September 9,
1815
John Singleton
Copley, American painter died.
(b. 1738). His portrait
of two of Gore's sisters
hangs in the Breakfast Room
at Gore Place .
September 9,
1825
The Marquis de Lafayette
returned to France after
his spectacular visit to
each of the 24 states of
the Union.
September 11,
1814
The Battle
of Lake Champlain was won by
the US naval forces with the
USS Ticonderoga leading the
way.
September 14,
1814
Francis Scott Key wrote
the words to The Star
Spangled Banner during
the 25 hour bombardment of
Fort McHenry at the head
of the river leading into
Baltimore Harbor.
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