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George Andreas Atzerodt

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Education/Culture	America's best trotting horses meet for a second time at the Union Course on Long Island	06/12/1860
Crime/Disasters	Serious train wreck near Belleville, Illinois injures dozens	06/12/1860
Lawmaking/Litigating	The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C.	12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860
US/the World	Three shiploads of reinforcements for Garibaldi's campaign in Sicily reach Sardinia	06/12/1860

Newspaper	New York Herald, “Commencement of Republican Cabinet Making,” June 12, 1860	06/12/1860
Letter	Richard W. Thompson to Abraham Lincoln, June 12, 1860	06/12/1860