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Daily Report

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Sunday, February 13, 1859

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Birthdays

George Baylor, 1860 bust view, detail

George Baylor

17 years old today

James Breathed, detail

James Breathed

21 years old today

Hugh A. Garland, detail

Hugh A. Garland

22 years old today

Charles Henry Gere, detail

Charles Henry Gere

21 years old today

William Whedbee Kirkland, detail

William Whedbee Kirkland

26 years old today

Samuel Phillips Lee, detail

Samuel Phillips Lee

47 years old today

John Aaron Rawlins, circa 1865, detail

John Aaron Rawlins

28 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
Personal
Moncure Conway serves as minister at Unitarian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio 10/26/1856 to 01/01/1862
Personal
Ozias Mather Hatch serves as Illinois Secretary of State 01/01/1857 to 01/31/1865

Documents

Newspaper
New York Herald, “The Tariff,” February 13, 1859 02/13/1859

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