The Boston Veterinary Institute is incorporated in Massachusetts. It will be the first veterinary college in the United State (By John Osborne)

The Massachusetts School for the Idiotic and Feeble-Minded Youth was officially incorporated on this day. Founded under the influence of Samuel Gridley Howe and established by Massachusetts legislation earlier, in May, 1848, the school had already been in operation for seven months under a state grant. (By John Osborne)

 

Two days after the trans-continental telegraph line had been completed and sent its first coast to coast message, the Pony Express announced its closure and completed its last run to and from St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California.  An enterprise of the Central Overland and Pike's Peak Express Company, it had operated for a little under nineteen months and had lost $200,000. (By John Osborne)

At about the same time, the first Pony Express riders left St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California, John Ruff riding west and Hugh Wallace riding east. The westbound package arrived in ten days and the eastbound in just over eleven. From then until the service was discontinued on October 24, 1861, riders departed these cities each noon, six days a week. The cost was five dollars per ounce. (By John Osborne)

Hyman L. Lipman of Philadelphia patented the first pencil that had an eraser attached. (By John Osborne)

In New York City, the Israels Herold was published under the editorship of Isidor Busch.  Appearing on a Friday, it ran to eight pages and was printed in German.  It ran only until June 15, 1849. (By John Osborne)

The Ohio legislature passed the first labor laws in the country that protected women workers by limiting their hours to a maximum of ten per day. (By John Osborne)

The Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania graduated six students in Philadelphia, the first class of new homeopathic doctors to qualify in the United States. (By John Osborne)

Governor Francis Shunk of Pennsylvania signed the nation's first state child labor law.  It prohibited the employment of children under the age of twelve in commercial labor. (By John Osborne)