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Friday, August 15, 1856

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Birthdays

James Edmund Bailey, detail

James Edmund Bailey

34 years old today

John A. Copeland, photograph, 1859

John Anthony Copeland Jr.

22 years old today

Charles C. Davis, detail

Charles C. Davis

26 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Thomas Bull Jacobs

44 years old today

Charles Godfrey Leland, circa 1865, detail

George Godfrey Leland

32 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
Lyman Trumbull serves in the United States Senate 03/04/1855 to 03/03/1873
Legal/Political
Thomas Langrell Harris serves in the United States House of Representatives 03/04/1855 to 11/24/1858

Documents

Letter
John Henry Hill to William Still, August 15, 1856 08/15/1856

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