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Daily Report

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Wednesday, August 26, 1857

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Birthdays

Theodore Washington Brevard, detail

Theodore Washington Brevard

22 years old today

James Harlan, detail

James Harlan

37 years old today

Benjamin Grubb Humphreys, detail

Benjamin Grubb Humphreys

49 years old today

John Auchincloss Inglis, photograph, detail

John Auchincloss Inglis

44 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

John Edward McCahan

25 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

John McKinney

60 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Samuel James Powell

33 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, “Brutal Murder Near Oswego,” August 26, 1857 08/26/1857

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