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Friday, July 29, 1859

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Birthdays

Elijah Babbitt, circa 1862, detail

Elijah Babbitt

64 years old today

Luigi Palma di Cesnola, circa 1900, detail

Luigi Palma di Cesnola

27 years old today

Thomas Corwin, detail

Thomas Corwin

65 years old today

Robert Emory, detail

Robert Emory

45 years old today

Alvan Cullem Gillem, detail

Alvan Cullem Gillem

29 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Matthew Henry Henderson

51 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Henry C. Hitner

17 years old today

James Blair Steedman, detail

James Blair Steedman

42 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Lemuel Todd

42 years old today

Clement Laird Vallandigham, detail

Clement Laird Vallandigham

39 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, “The Slavery Question,” July 29, 1859 07/29/1859

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