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US/the World |
Britain announces the minting of new "pennies," "halfpennies," and "farthings" in bronze |
12/17/1860 |
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Lawmaking/Litigating |
Commissioners from Mississippi and Alabama speak to the South Carolina Secession Convention |
12/17/1860 |
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Education/Culture |
Dickinson College students punished for "smoking out" a classmate from his dormitory room |
12/17/1860 |
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Lawmaking/Litigating |
In Columbia, South Carolina's Convention on secession opens with a morning session |
12/17/1860 |
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Education/Culture |
J.D. Frederick, class of 1864, appeals his expulsion from Dickinson College for drunkenness |
12/17/1860 |
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Lawmaking/Litigating |
Mississippi secession commissioner William L. Harris urges Georgia legislature to support secession |
12/17/1860 |
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Battles/Soldiers |
South Carolina governor asks President Buchanan's permission to occupy Fort Sumter with state troops |
12/17/1860 |
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Lawmaking/Litigating |
The second session of the 36th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/04/1860 to 03/02/1861 |
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US/the World |
Victor Emanuel II annexes Naples, Sicily, and Umbria and the unification of Italy is almost complete |
12/17/1860 |
