The United States was the first country to call for a regularly held census. The Constitution required that a census of all Persons...excluding Indians not taxed be performed to determine the collection of taxes and the appropriation of seats in the House of Representatives.
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The first census in the United States took place beginning on August 2, 1790. Although it took months to collect all the data from households, census takers were instructed to collect information as of August 2.
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Although Edison founded the huge conglomerate General Electric in 1892, he would prove to be unsuccessful at marketing music in the next century, as Edison Records collapsed in the Great Depression while Columbia and Victor survived as record labels.
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In 1896 Edison changed the name to the National Phonograph Company. By this point Easton's company was called the Columbia Phonograph Company, named after its location in Washington DC, started in 1888 as a marketer and licensee of Edison phonograps and cylinders. Meanwhile, Berliner established the American Gramophone Company in 1891 and the United States Gramophone Company in 1893.
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Lieutenant Eliza Shirley had left England to join her parents, who had migrated to America earlier in search for work. In 1879, she held the first meeting of The Salvation Army in America, in Philadelphia. The Salvationists were received enthusiastically. Shirley wrote to General Booth, begging for reinforcements. None were available at first.
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Ancestry.com. 1790 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: First Census of the United States, 1790 (NARA microfilm publication M637, 12 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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History of the Salvation Army. William Booth embarked upon his ministerial career in 1852, desiring to win the lost multitudes of England to Christ. He walked the streets of London to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to the poor, the homeless, the hungry, and the destitute.
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At the same time, most major cities had at least one phonograph company that made recordings. The 1880s and 1890s were recession eras, so many consumers could not afford Edison's $150 machine. But in 1894 Columbia introduced a $40 spring-motored machine that started becoming popular in the home market.
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In spite of violence and persecution, some 250,000 people were converted under the ministry of The Salvation Army between 1881 and 1885. Meanwhile, the Army was gaining a foothold in the United States.
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Included are the Census Bureau (above), Coast and Geodetic Survey, the Bureau of Mines, the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, the Bureau of Navigation, the Bureau of Aeronautics, the Bureau of Steamboat Inspection, and the Patent Office.
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when was the first records of the usa
The first records of the United States of America is on August 2, 1790. The first records of the USA was on August 2, 1790.