Daily Report

Sunday, December 13, 1857

Birthdays

Charles Albright, detail

Charles Albright

27 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Aaron Boon

24 years old today

Clement Claiborne Clay, detail

Clement Claiborne Clay Jr.

41 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Israel Smyser Diehl

31 years old today

Benjamin Gwinn Harris, Brady image, detail

Benjamin Gwinn Harris

52 years old today

Samuel Dexter Lecompte, detail

Samuel Dexter Lecompte

43 years old today

Mary Todd Lincoln, circa 1846, detail

Mary Ann Todd Lincoln

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	Lyman Trumbull serves in the United States Senate	03/04/1855 to 03/03/1873
Legal/Political	Thomas Langrell Harris serves in the United States House of Representatives	03/04/1855 to 11/24/1858
Personal	Moncure Conway serves as minister at Unitarian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio	10/26/1856 to 01/01/1862

Documents

Letter	Journal of Josiah Gorgas, December 13, 1857	12/13/1857
Newspaper	New Orleans (LA) Picayune, “Mammoth California Trees,” December 13, 1857	12/13/1857