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Daily Report

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Saturday, January 31, 1857

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Birthdays

James Gillespie Blaine, detail

James Gillespie Blaine

27 years old today

Fletcher Harper, engraving, detail

Fletcher Harper

51 years old today

Josiah Forrest Kennedy, detail

Josiah Forrest Kennedy

23 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

William Henry Kutz

53 years old today

Joshua Allan Lippincott, detail

Joshua Allan Lippincott

22 years old today

William Raine Peck, detail

William Raine Peck

39 years old today

John Randolph Tucker, detail

John Randolph Tucker

45 years old today

William Barrett Washburn, circa 1864, detail

William Barrett William Barrett Washburn

37 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
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
Legal/Political
Lyman Trumbull serves in the United States Senate 03/04/1855 to 03/03/1873

Documents

Newspaper
A Southern View of the Prospects of Slavery in Kansas 01/31/1857

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