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Friday, August 05, 1859

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Birthdays

James Dixon, detail

James Dixon

45 years old today

Joseph Gordon Hamblen, detail

Joseph Gordon Hamblen

15 years old today

James Bedell McKean, circa 1860, detail

James Bedell McKean

38 years old today

Carnot Posey, detail

Carnot Posey

41 years old today

Duke Slavens, detail

Duke Slavens

19 years old today

Thomas Weston Tipton, detail

Thomas Weston Tipton

42 years old today

Erastus Wentworth, detail

Erastus Wentworth

46 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, “An Unwise Letter,” August 5, 1859 08/05/1859

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