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Thursday, August 11, 1859

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Birthdays

David Rice Atchison, detail

David Rice Atchison

52 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

James Horace Buckner

16 years old today

William Fletcher Perrie, detail

William Fletcher Perrie

26 years old today

Edward Salomon, detail

Edward Salomon

31 years old today

Leonard Swett, detail

Leonard Swett

34 years old today

Benjamin Ryan Tillman, detail

Benjamin Ryan Tillman

12 years old today

Jeptha Homer Wade, detail

Jeptha Homer Wade

48 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
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “The Slave Trade at the North,” August 11, 1859 08/11/1859

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