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====== 1839 ======
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===== Events =====
==== Boone County ====
  * Two additional [[justice of the peace|Justices of the Peace]] are authorized for [[Boone County]]: one at [[Union]] and one at [[Francisville]].
  * The "Gordon Tract" of 10,000 acres is offered for sale.

==== Kentucky ====
  * The Cherokee Trail of Tears passes through western Kentucky, near Hopkinsville.

==== U.S. & World ====
  * Senator Henry Clay, hoping for a Presidential nomination, condemns abolitionism.  He is unsuccessful.
  * Telegraph creator Samuel Morse makes the first daguerreotype portraits to be produced in America. 

===== More Information =====
  * Boone County [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/32035/0|Tax Lists]], 1839.