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Friday, September 18, 1857

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Birthdays

Willard Cutter, detail

Willard Cutter

20 years old today

Herschel Vespasian Johnson, engraving from a Brady image, detail

Herschel Vespasian Johnson

45 years old today

Andrew Galbraith Miller, detail

Andrew Galbraith Miller

56 years old today

Marcellus Augustus Stovall, detail

Marcellus Augustus Stovall

39 years old today

Henry Constantine Wayne, detail

Henry Constantine Wayne

42 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, “A Terrible Panic in Mississippi,” September 18, 1857 09/18/1857
Newspaper
Rev. John Angel James’s Opinion of the Dred Scott Decision 09/18/1857

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