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March1850

Historical Events in March 1850

Mar 5 The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the Isle of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened

Compromise of 1850

Mar 7 Daniel Webster endorses Compromise of 1850, proposed by Henry Clay to settle issues over slavery between states

Henry Clay's handwritten draft of one of the bills that formed the Compromise of 1850

Mar 11 Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania opens, 2nd female medical school in the US
Mar 12 1st US $20 gold piece issued

The Scarlet Letter

Mar 16 Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" published by Ticknor, Reed and Fields in Boston

Author Nathaniel Hawthorne

Mar 18 Henry Wells & William Fargo form American Express in Buffalo
Mar 29 SS Royal Adelaide sinks in storm; 200 die
Mar 31 US population hits 23,191,876 (Black population: 3,638,808 (15.7%))

Historical Figures