Birthdays

David Wyatt Aiken
Turns 29 on this date

Patrick Edward Connor
Turns 37 on this date

Moncure Daniel Conway
Turns 25 on this date

John Covode
Turns 49 on this date

Martin Jenkins Crawford
Turns 37 on this date

Thomas Morris Gunn
Turns 17 on this date

Jacob Hoke
Turns 32 on this date

Lewis Sheridan Leary
Turns 22 on this date
Documents
Newspaper | Charleston (SC) Mercury, "The Agitation of the Slavery Question," March 17, 1857 | 03/17/1857 |
Newspaper | New York Times, “Corruption in Congress,” March 17, 1857 | 03/17/1857 |