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Daily Report

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Thursday, December 31, 1857

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Birthdays

George Gordon Meade, detail

George Gordon Meade

42 years old today

Jonathan Kenyon Peck, detail

Jonathan Kenyon Peck

33 years old today

Noah Pinkney, circa 1910, detail

Noah Pinkney

11 years old today

Theodore Medad Pomeroy, circa 1864, detail

Theodore Medad Pomeroy

33 years old today

Charles Shiels Wainwright, detail

Charles Shiels Wainwright

31 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Alfred Newton Weir

17 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

Newspaper
Washington (DC) National Era, “Presidential Intervention Against Slavery,” December 31, 1857 12/31/1857

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