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Sunday, May 11, 1856

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Birthdays

Thomas Morris Chester, detail

Thomas Morris Chester

22 years old today

Burton Chauncey Cook, detail

Burton Chauncey Cook

37 years old today

Byron Mac Cutcheon, detail

Byron Mac Cutcheon

20 years old today

Clement Alexander Finley, detail

Clement Alexander Finley

59 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Robert Smith Grier

66 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

Documents

Letter
Thomas Garrett to James Miller McKim and William Still, May 11, 1856 05/11/1856

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