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Saturday, October 15, 1859

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Birthdays

William Augustus Hall, circa 1864, detail

William Augustus Hall

44 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Charles F. Mayer

64 years old today

Irvin McDowell, detail

Irvin McDowell

41 years old today

Dinah Mendenhall, detail

Dinah Hannum Mendenhall

52 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

John Brown Parker

43 years old today

Haldimand Sumner Putnam, detail

Haldimand Sumner Putnam

24 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

George Philip Rhinehart

29 years old today

Thomas Lafayette Rosser, detail

Thomas Lafayette Rosser

23 years old today

Henry Harrison Walker, detail

Henry Harrison Walker

27 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
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “The Charleston Convention,” October 15, 1859 10/15/1859

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