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Saturday, May 03, 1856

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Birthdays

James Osgood Andrew, engraving, detail

James Osgood Andrew

62 years old today

Jean Margaret Davenport Lander, detail

Jean Margaret Davenport Lander

27 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

George Hawkins McCabe

32 years old today

Wilmer McLean, detail

Wilmer McLean

42 years old today

Montgomery Cunningham Meigs, detail

Montgomery Cunningham Meigs

40 years old today

Lot Myrick Morrill, detail

Lot Myrick Morrill

43 years old today

Rufus Paine Spalding, detail

Rufus Paine Spalding

58 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

William Van Bergen Tudor

24 years old today

David Shelby Walker, detail

David Shelby Walker

41 years old today

Harriet L. Straw Whiteside, in old age, detail

Harriet Leonora Whiteside

32 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
Thomas Langrell Harris serves in the United States House of Representatives 03/04/1855 to 11/24/1858
Legal/Political
Samuel Galloway serves in the Thirty-fourth US Congress 03/04/1855 to 03/03/1857


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