Daily Report

Friday, August 27, 1858

Birthdays

Reuben Baxter Detrick

31 years old today

William Hayden English

36 years old today

Hannibal Hamlin

49 years old today

Emory Upton

19 years old today

James Alexander Walker

26 years old today

Roger Hanson Weightman

31 years old today

Events

Legal/Political	Stephen A. Douglas serves in the United States Senate	03/04/1847 to 06/03/1861
Legal/Political	Elihu Washburne serves in the United States House of Representatives	03/04/1853 to 03/06/1869
Legal/Political	Lyman Trumbull serves in the United States Senate	03/04/1855 to 03/03/1873
Legal/Political	Thomas Langrell Harris serves in the United States House of Representatives	03/04/1855 to 11/24/1858
Personal	Moncure Conway serves as minister at Unitarian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio	10/26/1856 to 01/01/1862

Documents

Newspaper	Recollection by A.A. Terrell, Freeport, August 27, 1858	08/27/1858
Periodical	Boston (MA) Liberator, “Underground Railroad,” August 27, 1858	08/27/1858
Newspaper	Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “A Faithful Witness,” August 27, 1858	08/27/1858
Letter	Joseph Medill to Abraham Lincoln, August 27, 1858	08/27/1858
Newspaper	New York Evening Post, "Senatorial Canvass in Illinois," August 27, 1858	08/27/1858