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Tuesday, October 11, 1859

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Birthdays

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

John Huston Dashiell

38 years old today

Alfred Washington Ellet, detail

Alfred Washington Ellet

39 years old today

Elkanah Bracken Greer, detail

Elkanah Bracken Greer

34 years old today

African American Soldier - No photograph currently available

Asbury Johnson

11 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

William James Maclay

33 years old today

Hunter Holmes McGuire, detail

Hunter Holmes McGuire

24 years old today

Samuel McClung McPherson, detail

Samuel McClung McPherson

22 years old today

Levi Scott, detail

Levi Scott

57 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, “A Shabby Trick,” October 11, 1859 10/11/1859

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