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Monday, August 30, 1858

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Birthdays

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William Embre Gaines

14 years old today

Horace Maynard, detail

Horace Maynard

44 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Daniel Webster McCurdy

17 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Joseph W. Redden

24 years old today

Alexander Hamilton Rice, circa 1864, detail

Alexander Hamilton Rice

40 years old today

William Paine Sheffield, circa 1862, detail

William Paine Sheffield

38 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
New York Herald, “No Quarter to Douglas,” August 30, 1858 08/30/1858
Newspaper
Chicago (IL) Times, "The Campaign - The Discussion at Freeport," August 30, 1858 08/30/1858

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