Birthdays

Edward Dickinson Baker
Turns 49 on this date

Martin Waltham Bates
Turns 74 on this date

George William Curtis
Turns 36 on this date

Nathan Allen Farwell
Turns 48 on this date

Alexander McNutt Hamilton
Turns 30 on this date

Timothy Otis Howe
Turns 44 on this date

James Henry Jarrett
Turns 28 on this date

Henry Smith Lane
Turns 49 on this date

Moses Fowler Odell
Turns 42 on this date
Events
Crime/Disasters | Altercation on board U.S. Navy prize leads to four sailors arrested for mutiny | 02/24/1860 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |
Documents
Newspaper | Boston (MA) Advertiser, “The Power to Compel Witnesses,” February 24, 1860 | 02/24/1860 |
Newspaper | Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, “The Senate’s Inquisition,” February 24, 1860 | 02/24/1860 |
Newspaper | San Francisco (CA) Bulletin, “Five Runaway Boys Captured,” February 24, 1860 | 02/24/1860 |