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Henry Howland Crapo

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Business/Industry	Second annual meeting of the American Life Underwriter's Convention meets in New York City	05/23/1860 to 05/24/1860
Lawmaking/Litigating	The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C.	12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860
Slavery/Abolition	U.S. Government contracts with American Colonization Society to transport rescued African slaves to Liberia	05/24/1860
US/the World	Visiting Japanese diplomats tour the Washington Naval Yard	05/24/1860

Newspaper	Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Going – Going – Gone!,” May 24, 1860	05/24/1860
Newspaper	Ripley (OH) Bee, “The Candidates,” May 24, 1860	05/24/1860