Daily Report

Saturday, October 17, 1857

Birthdays

John Taylor Cuddy

13 years old today

William Rainey Marshall

32 years old today

Elizabeth Van Lew

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

Diary	Diary Entry by Edmund Ruffin, October 17, 1857	10/17/1857
Newspaper	New York Times, “The Fall Elections,” October 17, 1857	10/17/1857
Newspaper	The Mormon Delusion	10/17/1857