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1852 in the United States
Centuries:	18th century – 19th century – 20th century
Decades:	1830s 1840s – 1850s – 1860s 1870s
Years:	1849 1850 1851 – 1852 – 1853 1854 1855
Flag:	31 stars; (1851 – 1858)

Events from the year 1852 in the United States.

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January 15 – Nine men representing various Hebrew charitable organizations come together to form what will become the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.
February 16 – The Studebaker Brothers Wagon Company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established.
February 19 – The Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity is founded at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.
March 2 – The first American experimental steam fire engine was tested.^[1]
March 20 – Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe is published.
July 1 – United States statesman Henry Clay is the first to receive the honor of lying in state in the United States Capitol rotunda.
July 4 – Frederick Douglas delivers his famous speech "The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro" in Rochester, New York.
August 3 – The first Boat Race between Yale and Harvard, the first American intercollegiate athletic event, is held.
November 2 – U.S. presidential election, 1852: Democrat Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire defeats Whig Winfield Scott of Virginia.

In Hawaii sugar planters bring over the first Chinese laborers on 3 or 5 year contracts, giving them 3 dollars per month plus room and board for working a 12-hour day, 6 days a week.
Loyola College is chartered in Baltimore, Maryland.
Justin Perkins, an American Presbyterian missionary, produces the first translation of the Bible in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, which is published with the parallel text of the Syriac Peshitta by the American Bible Society.