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Friday, August 08, 1856

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Birthdays

Peter Blow

79 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Isaac Davis Clark

21 years old today

Charles Anderson Dana, detail

Charles Anderson Dana

37 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

John Wesley Duvall

20 years old today

Winfield Scott Featherston, detail

Winfield Scott Featherston

36 years old today

Nelson Appleton Miles, detail

Nelson Appleton Miles

17 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Lewis Griffith Sparrow

28 years old today

Walter Chiles Whitaker

33 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
Speech of Wendell Phillips, ESQ 08/08/1856

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