Friday, January 17, 1809
At Wadham's Mills was born Elizabeth Whitney Fairchild, daughter of John and Elizabeth Safford Whitney and wife of Ben. Smith Fairchild.

Thursday, January 19, 1809
The annual meeting of the Clinton County Medical Society was at the house of Isreal Green.  Dr. Waterhouse of Malone read a surgical dissertation; Dr. Reuben Jones was admitted a member;  thanks and $18.80 for expenses were voted to Dr. Horatio Powell of Malone for attendance at the meeting of the State society; and Drs. Man, Waterhouse, Taylor and Thorndike were permitted to withdraw from the society, probably for purpose of forming a similar one in Franklin County.  "It takes a gentleman to keep a county inn and Friend Green is the man for it."

Wednesday,  February 8, 1809|
Peter Sailly appointed collector of customs under Jefferson for the district of Champlain.

Sunday, February 12, 1809
Arrival in Burlington of the notorious John Henry, sent as an emissary among the Federalists of New England by Sir John Craig, Gov. of Canada.

Wednesday, March 1, 1809
Mr. Sailly received his appointment as Collector of Customs and within four weeks from that date he had personally visited the frontier from Rouses Point to the French Mills.  He appointed as deputies Marinus Francis Durand, Cumberland Head; Horace Olds, Whitehall; Samuel Hicks, Champlain Village; Benjamin Graves, Chazy; Johns Hunsden, French Mills.

Monday, May 1, 1809
 Works on the Arsenal (site No. 37 Broad Street) commenced.  The building was finished August, 1810.

Sunday, June 25, 1809
 " A quarterly meeting pro tempore " was held at Plattsburgh at Townsend Addams'.

Tuesday, August 1, 1809
The cargo of the sloop Franklin, Thomas Edwards, master, consisted of two crates of crockery, one box, six pounds of soap and 25 pewter plates.-- Extracted from old import book at Plattsburgh.

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