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The second session of the 35th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
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The second session of the 35th Congress is in its ten day holiday recess until January 5, 1859 |
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The second session of the 35th Congress adjourns for its ten day holiday recess |
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The second session of the 33rd Congress opens in Washington, DC |
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The second session of the 33rd Congress is sitting in Washington, DC between early December and early March |
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The second session of the 32nd Congress opens in Washington, DC |
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The second session of the 32nd Congress is sitting in Washington, DC between early December, 1852 and early March, 1853 |
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The second session of the 31st Congress opens in Washington, DC |
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The second session of the 31st Congress is sitting in Washington, DC between early December, 1850 and early March, 1851 |
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The second session of the 30th Congress sits in Washington, DC between early December, 1848 and early March, 1849 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The second session of the 30th Congress opens in Washington, DC |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The second session of the 29th Congress opens in Washington, DC |
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The second session of the 29th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC between early December, 1846 and early March, 1847 |
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The second session of the 28th Congress opens in Washington, DC |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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The second session of the 27th Congress opens in Washington, DC |
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The second session of the 27th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC between early December, 1841 and late August, 1842 |
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The second session of the 26th Congress opens in Washington, DC |
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The second session of the 26th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC between early December, 1840 and early March, 1841 |
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The second regular session of the 34th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC between early December and early March |
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The Second Plenary Council Meeting of the U.S. Roman Catholic Church is meeting in Baltimore, Maryland. |
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The second hanging of an Army of the Potomac soldier takes place north of Washington DC |
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The Second Corps of the Army of Virginia crosses the Potomac and marches on Pennsylvania |
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The school that is soon to become Fisk University opens for its first class in Nashville, Tennessee |
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The San Narcisco hurricane continues its destructive path from Puerto Rico to St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands. |
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The safety pin is patented in New York City |
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The S.S. Great Eastern sails from New York for home after her first visit to the United States |
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The S.S. Great Eastern begins her new career as a telegraphic cable layer, beginning with the Atlantic Cable |
| Business/Industry |
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The S.S. Great Eastern arrives back in Britain after her first trans-Atlantic voyage |
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The returned Senator Seward meets his New York City contituents |
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The retreating Army of Virginia reaches the Potomac and finds it flooded and impassable |
