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Alexander Brackenridge

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Crime/Disasters	Large volcanic eruption begins on the island of Hawaii	01/23/1859
Foreign	Nicholas Fabre Geffrard is sworn in a President of Haiti	01/23/1859
Lawmaking/Litigating	The second session of the 35th U.S. Congress is sitting between early January and early March, 1859	01/05/1859 to 03/02/1859

Newspaper	Memphis (TN) Appeal, “President Buchanan against the Pension Bill,” January 23, 1859	01/23/1859
Newspaper	New York Herald, “Forney on a Short Allowance,” January 23, 1859	01/23/1859