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Daily Report

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Friday, December 16, 1859

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Birthdays

Kinsley Scott Bingham, circa 1862, detail

Kinsley Scott Bingham

51 years old today

John Snyder Carlile, circa 1857, detail

John Snyder Carlile

42 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Alfred Creigh

49 years old today

John Ewen, detail

John Ewen

51 years old today

Samuel Garland, Jr., engraving, detail

Samuel Garland Jr.

29 years old today

Robert Selden Garnett, detail

Robert Selden Garnett

40 years old today

Henry Heth, detail

Henry Heth

34 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Thompson Holmes

79 years old today

Myer Strouse, detail

Myer Strouse

34 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

George T. Tyler

16 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
Columbus (OH) Gazette, "For the Columbus Gazette," December 16, 1859 12/16/1859

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