Treaty of Bayonne between France and Spain sets their international borders

The long standing disagreement between France and Spain over their mountainous international boundaries comes to an end with the signing of the Treaty of Bayonne. A complex system of reciprocal local arrangements on things like the grazing of cattle and the payment of national taxes will develop in the border areas and will exist into the twentieth century. (By John Osborne)
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Caleb Blood Smith (Congressional Biographical Directory)

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“Smith, Caleb Blood,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000519.
SMITH, Caleb Blood, a Representative from Indiana; born in Boston, Mass., April 16, 1808; moved with his parents to Ohio in 1814; attended Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1825-1826; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1828 and commenced practice in Connersville, Fayette County, Ind.; founded and edited the Indiana Sentinel in 1832; member of the State house of representatives 1833-1837, 1840, and 1841, and served as speaker in 1836; unsuccessful candidate for the Twenty-seventh Congress in 1841; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, and Thirtieth Congr
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present

South Carolina Governor James Adams calls for the reinstitution of the African slave trade

Governor James Hopkins Adams of South Carolina, in his annual message to the state legislature, called for the re-institution of the trade in slaves between African and the American continent. He did not get the support of the legislators for this action. (By John Osborne)
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