Daily Report

Birthdays

Frederick Douglass, circa 1855, engraving, detail
Frederick Douglass
1818—1895
Turns 40 around this date
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Peter Harrison Whisner, detail
Peter Harrison Whisner
1837—1906
Turns 21 on this date
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Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available
William Henry Butler
1820—1865
Turns 38 on this date
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William Bowen Campbell, detail
William Bowen Campbell
1807—1867
Turns 51 on this date
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Warren Holden, circa 1900, detail
Warren Holden
1817—1903
Turns 41 on this date
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Thomas Verner Moore, engraving, detail
Thomas Verner Moore
1818—1871
Turns 40 on this date
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Events

Lawmaking/Litigating The 35th Congress is in session in Washington, DC. from early January to mid-June, 1858 01/06/1858—06/13/1858
Business/Industry The two toll bridges between Boston and Cambridge in Massachusetts are made free from this date 02/01/1858
Foreign Napoleon III of France names his wife as Regent should he die before the majority of his son 02/01/1858