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Tuesday, October 05, 1858

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Birthdays

Chester Alan Arthur, detail

Chester Alan Arthur

29 years old today

Henry Cornelius Burnett, detail

Henry Cornelius Burnett

33 years old today

George Washington Gordon, detail

George Washington Gordon

22 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Samuel Maclay

55 years old today

Thomas Algeo Rowley, detail

Thomas Algeo Rowley

50 years old today

Charles Comfort Tiffany, detail

Charles Comfort Tiffany

29 years old today

Samuel Wright, circa 1915, detail

Samuel A. Wright

22 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
Quincy (IL) Whig, "Lincoln at the South," October 5, 1858 10/05/1858
Newspaper
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "The Galesburg Debate," October 5, 1858 10/05/1858

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