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 |