Daily Report

Birthdays

William Henry Allen, detail
William Henry Allen
1808—1882
Turns 54 on this date
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Isaac Newton Brown, detail
Isaac Newton Brown
1817—1889
Turns 45 on this date
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Virginia Louisa Minor, engraving, detail
Virginia Louisa Minor
1824—1894
Turns 38 on this date
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Henry Clay Whiting, detail
Henry Clay Whiting
1845—1901
Turns 17 on this date
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Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available
William Bumgardner McGilvray
1827—1891
Turns 35 on this date
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Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available
Samuel Buchanan Smith
1806—1879
Turns 56 on this date

Events

Lawmaking/Litigating The second session of the 37th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC 12/03/1861—07/16/1862
Lawmaking/Litigating In Richmond, Virginia, the First Confederate Congress is meeting in its first session 02/18/1862—04/21/1862
Campaigns/Elections Abolitionist lecture in Burlington, New Jersey ends in chaos and a barrage of rotten eggs 03/27/1862