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Saturday, August 12, 1848

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Birthdays

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

John Wesley Allen

10 years old today

Stephen Baker, circa 1862, detail

Stephen Baker

29 years old today

Daniel Davidson Bidwell, circa 1863, detail

Daniel Davidson Bidwell

29 years old today

John Horace Forney, detail

John Horace Forney

19 years old today

Samuel Stehman Haldeman, detail

Samuel Stehman Halderman

36 years old today

Conway Wing Hillman, circa 1867, detail

Conway Wing Hillman

John Rodgers, detail

John Rodgers

36 years old today

William Price Sanders, detail

William Price Sanders

15 years old today

John Clarke Young, detail

John Clarke Young

45 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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