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Sunday, December 17, 1848

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Birthdays

Manning Ferguson Force, detail

Manning Ferguson Force

24 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

John Stansbury Gorsuch

28 years old today

Joseph Henry, detail

Joseph Henry

51 years old today

James Thadeus Holtzclaw, detail

James Thadeus Holtzclaw

15 years old today

Samuel Jones, detail

Samuel Jones

29 years old today

Frederick West Lander, detail

Frederick West Lander

27 years old today

John O'Neill, detail

John O'Neill

26 years old today

William Gaston Steele, circa 1864, detail

William Gaston Steele

28 years old today

No image yet available for this woman

Delia Ann Webster

31 years old today

John Greenleaf Whittier, detail

John Greenleaf Whittier

41 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
Lawmaking/Litigating
The second session of the 30th Congress sits in Washington, DC between early December, 1848 and early March, 1849 12/05/1848 to 03/02/1849

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