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Wednesday, May 18, 1859

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Thomas Stanhope Bocock

44 years old today

Alexander Hamilton Coffroth, circa 1864, detail

Alexander Hamilton Coffroth

31 years old today

Hugh Asbury Curran, detail

Hugh Asbury Curran

19 years old today

Alfred Napoléon Alexander Duffié, detail

Alfred Napoléon Alexander Duffié

26 years old today

Ethan Allen Hitchcock, detail

Ethan Allen Hitchcock

61 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Robert Hammond Watson

41 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
Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, “The Oberlin Slave Rescue Cases,” May 18, 1859 05/18/1859
Newspaper
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “A Fugitive Slave Returned to Florida,” May 18, 1859 05/18/1859

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