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Events from the year1784 in the United States.

• President of the Continental Congress:Thomas Mifflin (until June 3),Richard Henry Lee (starting November 30)

• January 7 –D. Landreth Seed Company established in Philadelphia; it will continue to exist into the 21st century.
• January 14 – TheConfederation Congress ratifies theTreaty of Paris withGreat Britain to end theAmerican Revolutionary War.
• February – The Massachusetts Bank, a predecessor ofBankBoston, is established as the first federally chartered joint-stock bank in the U.S. The bank's charter is signed byJohn Hancock and its early account holders includePaul Revere,Samuel Adams,John Hancock andHenry Knox.^[1]
• March 2 – GovernorGeorge Clinton of New York writes to Congress asking them to declare war against Vermont, which at this time isan unrecognized de facto independent state claimed by New York. Congress declined to do this.
• April 23 – TheLand Ordinance of 1784 resolves that the territory ceded to the United States by the Treaty of Paris, or by individual states, and that already purchased or to be purchased from the Indian inhabitants, will be offered for sale by Congress and divided into future states.
• June 9 –The Bank of New York, a predecessor of BNY Mellon, opens.
• June 15 –Meshech Weare is sworn in as the firstgovernor of New Hampshire.
• September 22 –Russia establishes their firstcolony inKodiak, Alaska.^[2]
• October 22 –Treaty of Fort Stanwix is signed between the United States and Native Americans of theIroquois League.
• November 26 – TheRoman CatholicApostolic Prefecture of the United States is established.
• December 25 – TheMethodist Episcopal Church is officially formed at the so-called "Christmas Conference" led byThomas Coke andFrancis Asbury.

• King Carlos III of theSpanish Empire authorizes land grants inAlta California.
• TheNorth Carolina General Assembly incorporates the town of Morgansborough, named forDaniel Morgan. The town is designated as the county seat forBurke County, North Carolina and is subsequently renamed "Morgantown" and later shortened to becomeMorganton.
• The North Carolina General Assembly changes the name of Kingston, North Carolina, originally named for KingGeorge III of Great Britain, toKinston.
• Benjamin Franklin tries in vain to persuade theFrench to alter their clocks in winter to take advantage of the daylight.
• Benjamin Franklin inventsbifocalspectacles.
• Britain receives its first bales of imported Americancotton.
• The Mutual Assurance Company for Insuring Houses from Loss by Fire is established in Philadelphia.

• Articles of Confederation in effect (1781–1788)

• February 5 –William T. Barry, U.S. Senator from Kentucky from 1814 to 1816 and Postmaster General from 1829 to 1835 (died1835)
• March 23 –Tom Molineaux, bare-knuckle heavyweight boxer (died1818 in Ireland)
• March 27 –Jonathan Jennings, 1st governor of Indiana (died1834)
• November 24 –Zachary Taylor, 12th president of the U.S. from 1849 to 1850 (died1850)
• Date unknown –Thomas W. Cobb, U.S. Senator from Georgia from 1824 to 1828 (died1830)

• June 13 –Henry Middleton, 2ndpresident of the Continental Congress, signatory ofContinental Association (born1717)
• June 26 –Caesar Rodney, lawyer andpresident of Delaware (born1728)
• September 8 –Ann Lee, religious leader (born1736)
• December 5 –Phillis Wheatley, first published African-American female poet (born1753)
• December 26 –Seth Warner, revolutionary leader (born1743)

• Timeline of the American Revolution (1760–1789)

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