Daily Report

Wednesday, October 14, 1857

Birthdays

Ellison Capers, detail

Ellison Capers

20 years old today

James Tracy Hale, circa 1864, detail

James Tracy Hale

47 years old today

Samuel Blanchard How, detail

Samuel Blanchard How

67 years old today

Preston King, circa 1860, detail

Preston King

51 years old today

George Middleton, detail

George Middleton

57 years old today

William Milo Stone, detail

William Milo Stone

30 years old today

Events

Legal/Political	Stephen A. Douglas serves in the United States Senate	03/04/1847 to 06/03/1861
Legal/Political	Elihu Washburne serves in the United States House of Representatives	03/04/1853 to 03/06/1869
Legal/Political	Thomas Langrell Harris serves in the United States House of Representatives	03/04/1855 to 11/24/1858
Legal/Political	Lyman Trumbull serves in the United States Senate	03/04/1855 to 03/03/1873
Personal	Moncure Conway serves as minister at Unitarian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio	10/26/1856 to 01/01/1862

Documents

Diary	Diary Entry by Edmund Ruffin, October 14, 1857	10/14/1857
Letter	Charles Francis Himes to Helen Himes	10/14/1857
Newspaper	New York Times, “The American Panic,” October 14, 1857	10/14/1857
Newspaper	New York Times, “The Crisis at Last,” October 14, 1857	10/14/1857
Newspaper	The Utah Troubles	10/14/1857