Daily Report

Tuesday, August 17, 1858

Birthdays

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Jefferson Buford

51 years old today

James Henry Burton, detail

James Henry Burton

35 years old today

David Sterrett Gittings, detail

David Sterrett Gittings

61 years old today

Charlotte L. Forten Grimké, detail

Charlotte Forten Grimké

21 years old today

John Fletcher Hurst, detail

John Fletcher Hurst

24 years old today

Henry Hayes Lockwood, detail

Henry Hayes Lockwood

44 years old today

James Pede Marshall, detail

James Pede Marshall

25 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	New York Times, “Bringing Men Together,” August 17, 1858	08/17/1858
Letter	Ozias Mather Hatch to Abraham Lincoln, August 17, 1858	08/17/1858
Letter	John W. Shaffer to Abraham Lincoln, August 17, 1858	08/17/1858