Daily Report

Friday, September 17, 1858

Birthdays

John James Abert, engraving, detail

John James Abert

70 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

William Tell Barnitz

27 years old today

John Brough, detail

John Brough

47 years old today

Franklin Buchanan, detail

Franklin Buchanan

58 years old today

Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, detail

Lucius Quintus Lamar

33 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Augustus Marion Sawyer

27 years old today

Earl Van Dorn, detail

Earl Van Dorn

38 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	Lyman Trumbull serves in the United States Senate	03/04/1855 to 03/03/1873
Legal/Political	Thomas Langrell Harris serves in the United States House of Representatives	03/04/1855 to 11/24/1858
Personal	Moncure Conway serves as minister at Unitarian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio	10/26/1856 to 01/01/1862

Documents

Newspaper	Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "The Jonesboro Debate," September 17, 1858	09/17/1858
Newspaper	Chicago (IL) Times, "The Campaign.--Douglas at Jonesboro," September 17, 1858	09/17/1858