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Key Events in the History of Nova Scotia: 1825.
- John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) was the president (the 6th) of the United States from 1825 to 1829.
- Abraham Gesner was elected to the assembly as a representative of Annapolis.
- In America Alpheus Babcock cast the first one-piece iron piano frame.
- Economic crash in England.
- "Married, 28 June, at St. Paul's church, by Rev. Dr. Willis, hon. Enos Collins, to Margaret, eldest daughter of the hon. judge Halliburton."
- On the 25 July. "John Puttum, for forging province notes, was sentenced to one year's imprisonment, one hour in the pillory, and to have one of his ears cut off."
- August, 1825: Kempt returns from England after about a 15 month stay.
- There was a bank crisis in England which came in November. "Over sixty country banks and six London houses failed."
- The first bank established in Halifax advertised its opening on September 3rd, as a bank of issue and discount. The Halifax Banking Company was a private company which issued notes which would be exchanged for gold or silver.
- A voyage was made by sea from Falmouth to Calcutta in 103 days, 64 of which were under steam.
- The first railway opens in the northern part of England, between Stockton and Darlington; Stephenson's "Rocket," with a thirteen ton train, gets up a speed of 44 miles per hour.
- Francis Hall, a civil engineer, is commissioned to carry out a study "to ascertain the practicality and probable expense of a canal linking the Bras d'Or Lakes with St. Peter's Bay." (It was on June 12th, 1869, that water was first let into the canal.)
- Annapolis Iron Co. incorporated by Statute.
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[Forward In Time (1826)]- John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) was the president (the 6th) of the United States from 1825 to 1829.
