Birthdays

John Hall Allstadt
Turns 38 on this date

Absalom Arter
Turns 12 on this date

Arthur W. Bannister
Turns 12 on this date

Wilson Barrett
Turns 23 on this date

Julia D. Coulter Bates
Turns 50 on this date

Thomas Bayne
Turns 33 on this date

John Yates Beall
Turns 22 on this date

Philip Alexander Bell
Turns 49 on this date
Events
Cultural | Ashmun Institute opens in Chester County, Pennsylvania | 01/01/1857 |
Slavery/Abolition | Robert Brown, a fugitive slave from Virginia, arrives in Philadelphia after crossing Potomac on horseback | 01/01/1857 |
Legal/Political | Roger Taney issues decision in Dred Scott Case | 01/01/1857 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The second regular session of the 34th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC between early December and early March |
12/02/1856 to 03/02/1857 |
Documents
Letter | Frances Watkins Harper to William Still, January 1, 1857 | 01/01/1857 |
Newspaper | Washington (DC) National Era, "Black Republicanism in Missouri," January 1, 1857 | 01/01/1857 |
Newspaper | Washington (DC) National Era, "The Future Judged by the Past," January 1, 1857 | 01/01/1857 |
Newspaper | Washington (DC) National Era, “The Republican Platform,” January 1, 1857 | 01/01/1857 |