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Daily Report

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Saturday, October 31, 1857

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Birthdays

Adelbert Ames, detail

Adelbert Ames

22 years old today

Daniel Butterfield, detail

Daniel Butterfield

26 years old today

Raleigh Edward Colston, detail

Raleigh Edward Colston

32 years old today

Joseph Roswell Hawley, detail

Joseph Roswell Hawley

31 years old today

Alexander Williams Randall, detail

Alexander Williams Randall

57 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
Germans, Get A Full Vote, Go to the Polls Early 10/31/1857
Newspaper
New York Times, “Important Rumor,” October 31, 1857 10/31/1857
Newspaper
Kansas Affairs 10/31/1857
Letter
Thomas Garrett to William Still, October 31, 1857 10/31/1857

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