Thomas Coxon
ACTON
(b.
23 February 1823
,
Manhattan, New York, USA
d.
1 May 1898
,
Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA
)
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Thomas Coxon ACTON was born 23 February 1823 in Manhattan, New York, USA
Thomas Coxon ACTON was the child of ? and ?Thomas Coxon ACTON died 1 May 1898 in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA .
m. Sarah Elizabeth Kelsey
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Thomas Coxon ACTON was a New York City Police Commissioner, Assistant Treasurer of the United States, 1st President of the Bank of New Amsterdam.
Thomas Coxon ACTON was a New York City Police Commissioner, Assistant Treasurer of the United States, 1st President of the Bank of New Amsterdam.
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1823 Birth 23 February 1823
Manhattan, New York, USA
From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
 was a New York City politician and Police Commissioner whose summer home in Old Saybrook was across the street from the library. Begun as a subscription library, it became a public library in 1904. historicbuildingsct.com){kind=small}
Acton Library
The original Acton Library building in Old Saybrook was erected in 1873 on land donated by Thomas Acton at the corner of Old Boston Post Road and Pennywise Lane. The Library was dedicated on July 4, 1874. Thomas C. Acton (1823-1898) was a New York City politician and Police Commissioner whose summer home in Old Saybrook was across the street from the library. Begun as a subscription library, it became a public library in 1904. historicbuildingsct.com
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1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)
First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
1898 Death 1 May 1898
Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA
He died at the age of 75.
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