Daily Report

Thursday, August 13, 1857

Birthdays

George William Bagby, photograph, detail

George William Bagby

29 years old today

Katherine Jane "Kate" Chase, circa 1860, detail

Katherine Jane Chase

17 years old today

No image yet available for this man

Charles G. Dahlgren

46 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

John McJimsey

86 years old today

Lucy Stone, detail

Lucy Stone

39 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

Periodical	Washington (DC) National Era, “A Mistake,” August 13, 1857	08/13/1857
Newspaper	Carlisle (PA) American Democrat, "Mr. Buchanan's Administration," August 13, 1857	08/13/1857
Periodical	Washington (DC) National Era, “Slavery in Oregon,” August 13, 1857	08/13/1857