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Monday, February 21, 1859

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Birthdays

Myra Bradwell, engraving, detail

Myra Colby Bradwell

28 years old today

John Churchill Brooking, detail

John Churchill Brooking

23 years old today

Johnson Hagood, detail

Johnson Hagood

30 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Isaac McCurley

20 years old today

George Douglas Ramsay, circa 1875, detail

George Douglas Ramsay

57 years old today

Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, detail

Hoar Ebenezer Rockwood

43 years old today

John Henry Winder, detail

John Henry Winder

59 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

James H. Wolf

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
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 Times, "News By Telegraph," February 21, 1859 02/21/1859
Newspaper
New York Times, “Boundaries of Oregon,” February 21, 1859 02/21/1859

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