Daily Report

Birthdays

Joseph Emory Broadwater, detail
Joseph Emory Broadwater
1837—1899
Turns 24 on this date
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Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available
Thomas Lyttleton Lyon
1832—1883
Turns 29 on this date
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Henry Watkins Allen, detail
Henry Watkins Allen
1820—1866
Turns 41 on this date
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Jacob Armel Kiester, detail
Jacob Armel Kiester
1832—1904
Turns 29 on this date
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Elbert Bland
1823—1863
Turns 38 on this date
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Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available
Ulysses Hobbs
1832—1910
Turns 29 on this date
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Events

Lawmaking/Litigating The Virginia Convention on secession is meeting in Richmond 02/13/1861—05/01/1861
Education/Culture In Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Dickinson College students are finding it difficult to attend class 04/29/1861
Lawmaking/Litigating In Frederick, Maryland, the state's House of Delegates votes down secession 04/29/1861
Lawmaking/Litigating The Congress of the Confederate States opens a special session session in Montgomery, Alabama 04/29/1861

Documents
Letter William Willey to Waitman Willey, April 29, 1861 04/29/1861
Newspaper Chicago (IL) Tribune, “Washington Safe,” April 29, 1861 04/29/1861
Newspaper Fayetteville (NC) Observer, "A New Difficulty," April 29, 1861 04/29/1861
Newspaper Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “What Can We Believe?,” April 29, 1861 04/29/1861