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Saturday, August 11, 1855

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Birthdays

David Rice Atchison, detail

David Rice Atchison

48 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

James Horace Buckner

12 years old today

William Fletcher Perrie, detail

William Fletcher Perrie

22 years old today

Edward Salomon, detail

Edward Salomon

27 years old today

Leonard Swett, detail

Leonard Swett

30 years old today

Benjamin Ryan Tillman, detail

Benjamin Ryan Tillman

8 years old today

Jeptha Homer Wade, detail

Jeptha Homer Wade

44 years old today

Events

Legal/Political
Stephen A. Douglas serves in the United States Senate 03/04/1847 to 06/03/1861
Legal/Political
Elihu Washburne serves in the United States House of Representatives 03/04/1853 to 03/06/1869
Slavery/Abolition
Moncure Conway serves as minister at Unitarian Church in Washington, D.C. 10/01/1854 to 10/01/1856
Legal/Political
Lyman Trumbull serves in the United States Senate 03/04/1855 to 03/03/1873
Legal/Political
Samuel Galloway serves in the Thirty-fourth US Congress 03/04/1855 to 03/03/1857

Documents

Letter
Abraham Lincoln to Owen Lovejoy, August 11,1855 08/11/1855

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