1804 Lewis and Clark began exploration of Northwest from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean (continued until 1806)
Harmony Society came to America under direction of George Rapp; established first in Pennsylvania, then in Indiana.
Author Nathaniel Hawthorne born (died 1864
Transcendental activist and writer Elizabeth Palmer Peabody born (died 1894)
1805 Unitarian minister, author, editor, and professor Frederic Henry Hedge born (died 1890)
1806 Zebulon Pike traveled through Southwest, to New Mexico and Mexico City.
Author William Gilmore Simms born (died 1870)
Author Nathaniel Parker Willis born (died 1867)
1807 Robert Fulton's steamboat Clermont made trial run from Albany to New York.
Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow born (died 1882)
Poet John Greenleaf Whittier born (died 1892)
1809 Poet, critic, and writer of short stories Edgar Allan Poe born (died 1849)
1810 Unitarian minister and editor William Henry Channing born (died 1884)
Unitarian minister and abolitionist Theodore Parker born (died 1860
Feminist, author, lecturer, and editor (Sarah) Margaret Fuller born (died 1850)
Unitarian minister, author, and editor James Freeman Clarke born (died 1888)
1813 Madame de Stäel's De L'Allemagne translated into English under title Germany
The Christian Examiner established
Poet and Harvard Greek tutor Jones Very born (died 1880)
Unitarian minister, editor, poet, and artist Christopher Pearse Cranch born (died 1892)
