I Had Rather be Right than President
Feb 7 Henry Clay declares in Senate "I had rather be right than president"
- Feb 12 Aroostoock (or "Pork & Beans) War: Boundary dispute between Maine & New Brunswick
- Feb 18 Detroit Boat Club forms (& still exists)
- Feb 20 Congress prohibits dueling in District of Columbia
- Feb 24 Steam shovel patented by William Otis, Philadelphia
- Feb 25 Seminoles & black allies shipped from Tampa Bay Florida, to the West
- Feb 26 1st Grand National steeplechase, Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool: Jem Mason wins aboard 5/1 favourite Lottery
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