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The second session of the 45th Congress is in its traditional holiday recess till January 11, 1878 |
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The second session of the 45th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC from early January to mid-June, 1878 |
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The second session of the 45th Congress returns from its holiday season recess |
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The second session of the 46th Congress breaks for the holiday season |
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The second session of the 46th Congress ends in Washington, DC |
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The second session of the 46th Congress is in its traditional holiday recess till January 7, 1880 |
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The second session of the 46th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
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The second session of the 46th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC from early January to mid-June, 1880 |
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The second session of the 46th Congress opens in Washington, DC |
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The second session of the 46th Congress resumes in Washington, DC |
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The Senate of the United States ends its ten day special session in Washington, DC |
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The Senate of the United States ends its week long special session in Washington, DC |
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The Senate of the United States is sitting in a ten day special session in Washington, DC |
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The Senate of the United States is sitting in a three day special session in Washington, DC |
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The Senate of the United States is sitting in a two day special session in Washington, DC |
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The Senate of the United States is sitting in a week long special session in Washington, DC |
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The Senate of the United States opens a week long special session in Washington, DC |
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The Senate passes the Crittenden-Johnson Resolution that limits U.S. war aims to saving the Union |
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The Seventh Cavalry fight a heavy skirmish near Fort Wallace, Kansas with Cheyenne and Sioux warriors. |
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The Seventh Day Adventist Church formally organizes |
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The sitting Speaker of the House dies after a long illness |
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The Sixth Massachusetts Regiment arrives in Philadelphia on its way to Washington DC, via Baltimore |
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The sole survivor of the miniature schooner "John T. Ford" is rescued off the Irish coast. |
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The South Atlantic Blockading Squadron runs into a storm on its way to South Carolina and ships are lost |
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The Southern Commercial Convention is meeting in Vicksburg, Mississippi with slavery high on the agenda |
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The Spanish government closes congress and arrests opponents of the regime |
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The Spanish-Moroccan War begins in earnest |
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The special session of both houses of Congress adjourns in Washington, DC |
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The steamboat Imperial arrives in New Orleans from St. Louis, the first since early 1861 |
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The steamer "Commodore" is wrecked in Long Island Sound but all aboard are saved. |