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Thursday, May 08, 1856

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Birthdays

James Cooper, detail

James Cooper

46 years old today

Augusta Jane Evans, detail

Augusta Jane Evans

21 years old today

Louis Moreau Gottschalk, detail

Louis Moreau Gottschalk

27 years old today

Clay McCauley, 1859, detail

Clay McCauley

13 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

William Henry Stewart

38 years old today

Bryan Morel Thomas, detail

Bryan Morel Thomas

20 years old today

William Walker, detail

William Walker

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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