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Wednesday, August 06, 1851

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Birthdays

Judah Philip Benjamin

40 years old today

Preston Smith Brooks

32 years old today

Francis Bicknell Carpenter

21 years old today

Samuel Powhatan Carter

32 years old today

Lewis William Foulke

42 years old today

John Perdue Gray

26 years old today

Thomas Charles Murphey

30 years old today

Henry Moore Ridgley

72 years old today

Susie King Taylor

3 years old today

Samuel Cyrus Wingard

26 years old today

Events

Legal/Political
Stephen A. Douglas serves in the United States Senate to
Legal/Political
William H. Bissell serves in the US House of Representatives to

Documents

Letter
B. McKiernon to William Still, August 6, 1851