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Daily Report

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Tuesday, November 17, 1857

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Birthdays

Alexander Cummings, detail

Alexander Cummings

47 years old today

Joseph Finegan, detail

Joseph Finegan

43 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Norman Hall

28 years old today

Francis Jackson Merriam, 1859, detail

Francis Jackson Merriam

20 years old today

John Anthony Nicholson, Brady image, detail

John Anthony Nicholson

30 years old today

Stephen Hinsdale Weed, detail

Stephen Hinsdale Weed

26 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
Interesting from Kansas 11/17/1857

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