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Daily Report

Thursday, October 31, 1861

Birthdays

Adelbert Ames

Turns 26 on this date

Daniel Butterfield

Turns 30 on this date

Raleigh Edward Colston

Turns 36 on this date

Joseph Roswell Hawley

Turns 35 on this date

Alexander Williams Randall

Turns 61 on this date

Events

US/the World	In London, Britain, France, and Spain agree to a military intervention in Mexico to force payment of debts	10/31/1861
Personal	Lieutenant General Winfield Scott retires from the Army after fifty-three years service, twenty as general-in-chief	10/31/1861

Documents

Newspaper	Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “The Final Blow to Liberty,” October 31, 1861	10/31/1861
Executive record	Henry Bellows to William Seward, Report on Condition of Confederate prisoners in New York City, October 31, 1861	10/31/1861
Military record	Winfield Scott to Simon Cameron, Request for Retirement, Washington, D.C., October 31, 1861	10/31/1861