HISTORICAL DATA-1818:

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•  OCTOBER:    On October 19 of this year Isaac Shellby and Andrew Jackson for the United States, and representatives of the Chickasaw Indian nation conclude a treaty whereby the Chickasaw cede a vast tract of land stretching from north of the southern boundary of the Tennessee River west to the Mississippi River and north to the Ohio River. In return, the United States agrees to pay the Chickasaw the sum of $20,000.00 per year for 15 years, to be paid annually, and in addition the American commissioners agree to pay $1,115.00 to Captain John Gordon of Tennessee, which is a debt owed to the Captain by General William Colbert of the Chickasaw, and an additional sum of $2,000.00 due by the Indians to Captain David Smith, who was at that time in Kentucky, to reimburse him for the cost of defending the Chickasaw against an invasion by the Creek Indians.  (Source:  Tribal Treaties Database, Treaty with the Chickasaw, 1818, at: https://treaties.okstate.edu/treaties/treaty-with-the-chickasaw-1818-0174 ). (Accessed 10/6/2024-G.D.).

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• (NO SPECIFIC DATE):    At this time in the United States of America overland movement of large quantities of goods is very expensive. Enterprising businessmen and inventors are concentrating instead upon improving water transport; first of all, by designing better boats and then by developing artificial waterways.  (Source: THE AMERICAN NATION...TO 1877-Second Edition ((Paperback)), John A. Garraty, pg. 273).   

•  (NO SPECIFIC DATE):    At some time during this year Roman Catholic Bishop  John Connolly of New York reports to Rome that his diocese, which covers all of New York State and a small part of New Jersey, contains about 16,000 Catholics, of whom most are Irish. He says that at least 10,000 Irish Catholics have arrived at New York City (Manhattan Island) alone within the past three years. From there they have spread throughout all the other states of the United States, to "make their religion known everywhere."  (SOURCE:  HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF BROOKLYN 1853-1953, VOLUME I, by John K. Sharp, Fordham University Press, New York, 1954, page 24). 

• NO SPECIFOC DATE:    At the general post-war Congress of European powers which is meeting at Aix-la-Chapele [Aachen] this year, the main item on the agenda is the withdrawal of the allied army which is occupying France. The French argue that Lou8is XVIII will never be popular in France so long as he is supported by a foreign army. The other powers, wanting the French to forget Napoleon and accept the Bourbons, withdraw their military forces without disagreement.  (Source:   A HISTORY OF THE MODERN WORLD [SINCE 1815]-((Fourth Edition, Paperback))-R. R. Palmer & Joel Colton, pg. 488).               

• NO SPECIFIC DATE):    At the general post-war Congress of European powers meeting at Aix-la-Chapelle [Aachen] in France, it is agreed that private bankers shall take over the French reparations debt (the 700,000,000 francs imposed by the second treaty of Paris). The Congress also hears a request from the Elector of Hesse, who asks that he be granted the title of king. He argues that the title of elector is meaningless since the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, and that the former electors of Bavaria, Saxony, and Hanover are now kings. His request is refused.  (Source: A HISTORY OF THE MODERN WORLD [SINCE 1815]-((Fourth Edition, Paperback))-R. R. Palmer & Joel Colton, pg. 488).   

•  (WHOLE YEAR):    For this year as a whole, some 30,000 immigrants have arrived in Quebec City, Canada. Some of them, for various reasons, have had a difficult time getting there. Also, a shipbuilding industry is continuing to be developed there, with establishments being located mainly along the Saint-Charles River and the Anse-de-Cul-de-Sac.