Birthdays

George Baylor
Turns 15 on this date

James Breathed
Turns 19 on this date

Hugh A. Garland
Turns 20 on this date

Charles Henry Gere
Turns 19 on this date

William Whedbee Kirkland
Turns 24 on this date

Samuel Phillips Lee
Turns 45 on this date

John Aaron Rawlins
Turns 26 on this date
Events
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
Newspaper | New York Times, “The Question of Emancipation in Missouri,” February 14, 1857 | 02/13/1857 |