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Daily Report

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Friday, August 28, 1857

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Birthdays

Otto Bardon, detail

Otto C. Bardon

16 years old today

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Calvin Clifford Chaffee

46 years old today

William Alexander Hammond, detail

William Alexander Hammond

29 years old today

Lucy Ware Webb Hayes, detail

Lucy Webb Hayes

26 years old today

Thomas Williams, detail

Thomas Williams

51 years old today

Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum, detail

Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum

8 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
Politics in Kansas 08/28/1857
Letter
Letter From Charles Francis Himes to Helen Himes, August 28, 1857 08/28/1857

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