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Friday, September 26, 1856

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Birthdays

Cyrus Irving Ditty, detail

Cyrus Irving Ditty

17 years old today

Dwight Townsend, circa 1864, detail

Dwight Dwight Townsend

30 years old today

Mary Eunice Harlan, detail

Mary Eunice Harlan

10 years old today

Hiram McCullough, detail

Hiram McCullough

43 years old today

Isaac Mendenhall, detail

Isaac Mendenhall

50 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Wilbur Fisk Townsend

17 years old today

Daniel Wolsey Voorhees, Brady image, detail

Daniel Wolsey Voorhees

29 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

John T. Wilkins

36 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
Samuel Galloway serves in the Thirty-fourth US Congress 03/04/1855 to 03/03/1857

Documents

Letter
Thomas Garrett to William Still, September 26, 1856 09/26/1856

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