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Wednesday, July 16, 1856

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Birthdays

James Isham Gilbert, detail

James Isham Gilbert

33 years old today

Henry Grider, detail

Henry Grider

60 years old today

John Howard Kitching, detail

John Howard Kitching

18 years old today

Edward Joy Morris, circa 1858, detail

Edward Joy Morris

41 years old today

Robert Brown Potter, detail

Robert Brown Potter

27 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Thomas R. Stewart

36 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Beverly Roberts Waugh

32 years old today

Ida Bell Wells-Barnett, circa 1885, detail

Ida Bell Wells-Barnett

Jacob Zeilin, detail

Jacob Zeilin

50 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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