Daily Report
Tuesday, August 16, 1859
Birthdays
Events
Legal/Political
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Stephen A. Douglas serves in the United States Senate | to |
Legal/Political
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Elihu Washburne serves in the United States House of Representatives | to |
Legal/Political
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Lyman Trumbull serves in the United States Senate | to |
Personal
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Moncure Conway serves as minister at Unitarian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio | to |
Personal
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Ozias Mather Hatch serves as Illinois Secretary of State | to |
Documents
Newspaper
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Charleston (SC) Mercury, “A Slave Code,” August 16, 1859 |