Daily Report

Wednesday, August 05, 1857

Birthdays

James Dixon, detail

James Dixon

43 years old today

Joseph Gordon Hamblen, detail

Joseph Gordon Hamblen

13 years old today

James Bedell McKean, circa 1860, detail

James Bedell McKean

36 years old today

Carnot Posey, detail

Carnot Posey

39 years old today

Duke Slavens, detail

Duke Slavens

17 years old today

Thomas Weston Tipton, detail

Thomas Weston Tipton

40 years old today

Erastus Wentworth, detail

Erastus Wentworth

44 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	Lyman Trumbull serves in the United States Senate	03/04/1855 to 03/03/1873
Personal	Moncure Conway serves as minister at Unitarian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio	10/26/1856 to 01/01/1862

Documents

Newspaper	New York Times, “Tragical Affair in Chester Country, Pa.,” August 5, 1857	08/05/1857
Letter	Letter from Abraham Lincoln to B Clarke Lundy, August 5, 1857	08/05/1857
Letter	Abraham Lincoln to B. Clarke Lundy, August 5, 1857	08/05/1857