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The article discusses a tour of the U.S. conducted by French general Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, in 1824, to commemorate his efforts in the American Revolution. The tour included a formal banquet and ball in New York City, parades, and a visit with former president Thomas Jefferson. Other topics include keepsakes and mementos of the visit, the presidential campaign between candidates Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams, and a ceremony commemorating the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Highlights notable events in the year 1823 in the United States. United States President James Monroe's declaration of North and South America as off limits for any further European colonial expansion; First publication of the poem `The Night Before Christmas' in the December 23, 1823 issue of New York's `Sentinel' newspaper.

The article presents a segment of nineteenth century U.S. history, the construction of the Erie Canal that began in 1817 and was completed in 1825. Politician DeWitt Clinton believed in the project, he promoted it as the link between the Eastern States and the West. The canal resulted in the establishment of inland towns.

Provides information on the April 21, 1823 voyage of the steamboat Virginia on the Mississippi River. Description and features of the boat; Destination of the Virginia; Description of the river; Difficulty experienced by the Virginia in its Mississippi River voyage; What the voyage proved about the capacities of a steamboat to travel the river.

Recounts the opening of the Troy Female Seminary in Troy, New York and the English Classical School in Boston, Massachusetts in 1821. Management; Curricula; Schools as the two pioneering educational institutions.