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Sunday, May 16, 1858

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Birthdays

John Ashmead, detail

John Wayne Ashmead

52 years old today

Alexander Robinson Boteler, circa 1870, detail

Alexander Robinson Boteler

43 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Charles Mifflin Boyd

32 years old today

Martin Robison Delany, detail

Martin Robinson Delany

46 years old today

William Henry Seward, circa 1860, detail

William Henry Seward

57 years old today

Edmund Kirby Smith, detail

Edmund Kirby Smith

34 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


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