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Wednesday, December 05, 1855

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Birthdays

George Armstrong Custer, circa 1864, detail

George Armstrong Custer

16 years old today

Thomas Roderick Dew, detail

Thomas Roderick Dew

53 years old today

James Guthrie, detail

James Guthrie

63 years old today

No image yet available for this man

John Baldwin Raymond

11 years old today

Thomas Jefferson Rusk, detail

Thomas Jefferson Rusk

52 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

Newspaper
Charleston (SC) Mercury, "Return of Fugitives," December 5, 1855 12/05/1855
Diary
Diary of Sara Tappan Doolittle Lawrence Robinson, December 5, 1855 12/05/1855

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