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Tuesday, August 08, 1848

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Birthdays

Peter Blow

71 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Isaac Davis Clark

13 years old today

Charles Anderson Dana, detail

Charles Anderson Dana

29 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

John Wesley Duvall

12 years old today

Winfield Scott Featherston, detail

Winfield Scott Featherston

28 years old today

Nelson Appleton Miles, detail

Nelson Appleton Miles

9 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Lewis Griffith Sparrow

20 years old today

Walter Chiles Whitaker

25 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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