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Sunday, August 06, 1848

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Birthdays

Judah Philip Benjamin, detail

Judah Philip Benjamin

37 years old today

Preston Smith Brooks, detail

Preston Smith Brooks

29 years old today

Francis Bicknell Carpenter, detail

Francis Bicknell Carpenter

18 years old today

Samuel Powhatan Carter, detail

Samuel Powhatan Carter

29 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Lewis William Foulke

39 years old today

John Perdue Gray, detail

John Perdue Gray

23 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Thomas Charles Murphey

27 years old today

Henry Moore Ridgely, painting, detail

Henry Moore Ridgley

69 years old today

Susie King Taylor, detail

Susie King Taylor

Samuel Cyrus Wingard, detail

Samuel Cyrus Wingard

23 years old today

Events

Legal/Political
John Wentworth serves in the United States House of Representatives 03/04/1843 to 03/03/1851
Legal/Political
David Wilmot serves in the United States House of Representatives 03/04/1845 to 03/03/1851
Legal/Political
Stephen A. Douglas serves in the United States Senate 03/04/1847 to 06/03/1861
Legal/Political
Abraham Lincoln serves a single term in the United States House of Representatives 03/04/1847 to 03/03/1849
Legal/Political
The 30th Congress is in session in Washington, DC, sitting from early December, 1847 till mid-August, 1848 12/07/1847 to 08/13/1848

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