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Monday, August 11, 1856

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Birthdays

David Rice Atchison, detail

David Rice Atchison

49 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

James Horace Buckner

13 years old today

William Fletcher Perrie, detail

William Fletcher Perrie

23 years old today

Edward Salomon, detail

Edward Salomon

28 years old today

Leonard Swett, detail

Leonard Swett

31 years old today

Benjamin Ryan Tillman, detail

Benjamin Ryan Tillman

9 years old today

Jeptha Homer Wade, detail

Jeptha Homer Wade

45 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
Daniel Robertson to William Still, August 11, 1856 08/11/1856

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