Daily Report

Thursday, October 15, 1857

Birthdays

William Augustus Hall, circa 1864, detail

William Augustus Hall

42 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Charles F. Mayer

62 years old today

Irvin McDowell, detail

Irvin McDowell

39 years old today

Dinah Mendenhall, detail

Dinah Hannum Mendenhall

50 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

John Brown Parker

41 years old today

Haldimand Sumner Putnam, detail

Haldimand Sumner Putnam

22 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

George Philip Rhinehart

27 years old today

Thomas Lafayette Rosser, detail

Thomas Lafayette Rosser

21 years old today

Henry Harrison Walker, detail

Henry Harrison Walker

25 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	A Clue to the ‘Democratic’ Triumph in Kansas	10/15/1857
Newspaper	New York Times, “Desperate Riots in Baltimore,” October 15, 1857	10/15/1857
Newspaper	Washington (DC) National Era, “Evils of Organism,” October 15, 1857	10/15/1857
Newspaper	Washington (DC) National Era, "The Union," October 15, 1857	10/15/1857