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Daily Report

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Sunday, January 20, 1861

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Birthdays

John B. Coover, circa 1862, detail

John B. Coover

27 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

George Freaner

30 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

James Monroe Kimberlin

33 years old today

Jacob Gartner Lauman, detail

Jacob Gartner Lauman

48 years old today

Robert McKnight, circa 1862, detail

Robert McKnight

41 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

James Henry Miller

73 years old today

David Wilmot, painting, detail

David Wilmot

47 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, “A Contrast,” January 20, 1861 01/20/1861

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