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Daily Report

Friday, February 22, 1861

Birthdays

Eli Metcalfe Bruce

Turns 33 on this date

Horatio Washington Bruce

Turns 31 on this date

Octavius Valentine Catto

Turns 22 on this date

George Richard Crooks

Turns 39 on this date

William Weaver Danenhower

Turns 41 on this date

Roswell Martin Field

Turns 54 on this date

Isabella Beecher Hooker

Turns 39 on this date

Robert Johnson

Turns 27 on this date

Events

Campaigns/Elections	Abraham Lincoln visits Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and from there secretly travels directly to Washington	02/22/1861
Education/Culture	Edward Payson Weston sets off to walk from Boston to Washington DC to pay off an election bet	02/22/1861
Lawmaking/Litigating	The Provisional Congress of the Confederate States is sitting in Montgomery, Alabama	02/09/1861 to 03/15/1861
Lawmaking/Litigating	The second session of the 36th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC	12/04/1860 to 03/02/1861
Lawmaking/Litigating	The Virginia Convention on secession is meeting in Richmond	02/13/1861 to 05/01/1861
Lawmaking/Litigating	The Washington Peace Conference is meeting at Willard's Hotel in Washington DC	02/04/1861 to 02/27/1861

Documents

Speech	Abraham Lincoln's Address to the Pennsylvania General Assembly at Harrisburg, February 22, 1861	02/22/1861
Speech	Abraham Lincoln's Remarks at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, February 22, 1861	02/22/1861
Speech	Abraham Lincoln's Remarks at Leaman Place, Pennsylvania, February 22, 1861	02/22/1861
Speech	Abraham Lincoln's Reply to Andrew Curtin at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, February 22, 1861	02/22/1861
Speech	Abraham Lincoln's Speech at the Flag-raising before Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 22, 1861	02/22/1861
Speech	Abraham Lincoln's Speech in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 22, 1861	02/22/1861
Newspaper	Richmond (VA) Dispatch, “Regular Officers in the South,” February 22, 1861	02/22/1861