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Daily Report

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Saturday, August 09, 1856

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Birthdays

Lewis Davis Campbell, detail

Lewis Davis Campbell

45 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Albert Troup Emory

35 years old today

No image yet available for this man

John Merryman

32 years old today

William Morris Stewart, circa 1864, detail

William Morris Stewart

29 years old today

William Thomas Ward, detail

William Thomas Ward

48 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
Robert Jones to William Still, August 9, 1856 08/09/1856
Newspaper
New Orleans (LA) Picayune, "Runaways in Canada," August 9, 1856 08/09/1856

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