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Daily Report

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Thursday, April 05, 1860

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Birthdays

David Rumph Jones, detail

David Rumph Jones

35 years old today

African American Soldier - No photograph currently available

Edward Lyons

20 years old today

Samuel Freeman Miller, detail

Samuel Freeman Miller

44 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

George Troxell Motter

18 years old today

Robert Smalls, detail

Robert Smalls

21 years old today

Booker Taliaferro Washington, detail

Booker Taliaferro Washington

4 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
Charlestown (VA) Free Press, “Fugitive Slave,” April 5, 1860 04/05/1860

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