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Roderick Random Butler

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Campaigns/Elections	In New Jersey, the state capital Trenton elects its first Republican mayor	04/09/1861
US/the World	Official period of Britain's seventh national census takes place overnight	04/08/1861 to 04/09/1861
Lawmaking/Litigating	The Virginia Convention on secession is meeting in Richmond	02/13/1861 to 05/01/1861

Newspaper	Cleveland (OH) Herald, “What Does It All Mean?,” April 9, 1861	04/09/1861
Newspaper	Memphis (TN) Appeal, "The Underground Railroad," April 9, 1861	04/09/1861
Newspaper	New York Times, “Wise Rampant,” April 9, 1861	04/09/1861