Birthdays

John Bassett Alley
Turns 44 on this date

Jacob Ammen
Turns 55 on this date

John Catron
Turns 75 on this date

Williamson Durley
Turns 51 on this date

Powhatan Ellis
Turns 71 on this date

Millard Fillmore
Turns 61 on this date

Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell
Turns 40 on this date

Daniel Tyler
Turns 62 on this date
Events
Lawmaking/Litigating | Alabama's secession convention assembles in Montgomery | 01/07/1861 |
Crime/Disasters | Lions kill one of their keepers at the most popular circus in London | 01/07/1861 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | Mississippi's Secession Convention assembles in Jackson, the state capital | 01/07/1861 |
Business/Industry | The Bank of England raises its discount rate as financial disruption in the United States effects Europe | 01/07/1861 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 36th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/04/1860 to 03/02/1861 |
Documents
Letter | Edwin V. Sumner to John G. Nicolay, January 7, 1861 | 01/07/1861 |
Newspaper | Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “Secession Flag At Wilmington,” January 7, 1861 | 01/07/1861 |