Historical Events
- Sep 2 US Treasury Department established by Congress
Event of Interest
Sep 11 Alexander Hamilton appointed 1st Secretary of the US Treasury
Alexander Hamilton
Historic Publication
Sep 12 Jean-Paul Marat publishes the first issue of his radical newspaper Le Publiciste parisien, later called L'Ami du peuple (The Friend of the People) in Paris
Jean-Paul Marat
Historic Discovery
Sep 17 William Herschel discovers Mimas, satellite of Saturn
William Herschel
- Sep 18 1st loan is made to pay salaries of the presidents & Congress
- Sep 22 US Congress passes act requiring the first Postmaster General to report to the President through the Secretary of the Treasury
- Sep 24 US Congress establishes Post Office Department following the new constitution
- Sep 24 US Federal Judiciary Act passes, creating a six-person Supreme Court
- Sep 24 US Attorney General Office is created
Bill of Rights
Sep 25 US Congress proposes the Bill of Rights
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- Sep 26 4th US Postmaster General: Samuel Osgood of Mass takes office
Event of Interest
Sep 26 Thomas Jefferson appointed 1st US Secretary of State; John Jay becomes 1st US Chief Justice
Thomas Jefferson
John Jay
Famous Birthdays
James Fenimore Cooper
Sep 15 James Fenimore Cooper, 1st major American novelist (Last of Mohicans), born in Burlington, New Jersey
James Fenimore Cooper
- Sep 28 Richard Bright, English physician (Bright's Disease/nephritis), born in Bristol, England (d. 1858)
