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Daily Report

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Saturday, August 20, 1859

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Birthdays

Absalom Baird, detail

Absalom Baird

35 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Madison Brown

49 years old today

Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt Lowe, detail

Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt Lowe

27 years old today

Gilman Marston, circa 1862, detail

Gilman Marston

48 years old today

Francis Redding Tillou Nichols, detail

Francis Redding Tillou Nichols

25 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 Herald,“Attempt of a Slave to Escape,” August 20, 1859 08/20/1859

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