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Saturday, July 26, 1856

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Birthdays

George Boardman Boomer, detail

George Boardman Boomer

24 years old today

Henry Cousins Chambers

33 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Alexander Nisbet

79 years old today

Joseph Augustine Scranton, detail

Joseph Augustine Scranton

18 years old today

Julian Monson Sturtevant, detail

Julian Monson Sturtevant

51 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

Newspaper
New York Herald, "Our Boston Correspondance," July 26, 1856 07/26/1856
Newspaper
New York Herald, "Breakdown on the Underground Railroad," July 26, 1856 07/26/1856

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