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Sunday, October 02, 1859

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Birthdays

Edmund Jackson Davis, detail

Edmund Jackson Davis

32 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

John R. Effinger

24 years old today

George Washington Getty, detail

George Washington Getty

40 years old today

Joseph Alexander Murray, detail

Joseph Alexander Murray

44 years old today

Alexander Peter Stewart, circa 1880, detail

Alexander Peter Stewart

38 years old today

Alfred Rudolph Waud, detail

Alfred Rudolph Waud

31 years old today

Joseph Worthington White, detail

Joseph Worthington White

37 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, “The Chevalier Forney Slackening Fire,” October 2, 1859 10/02/1859

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