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Daily Report

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Tuesday, February 05, 1861

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Birthdays

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Benjamin Franklin Brooke

41 years old today

Samuel Maxwell Harrington, detail

Samuel Maxwell Harrington

58 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Isaac McIIvaine

62 years old today

William E. Miller, detail

William Edward Miller

25 years old today

John Hovey Rice, circa 1864, detail

John Hovey Rice

45 years old today

Abram Joseph Ryan, detail

Abram Joseph Ryan

23 years old today

William Holland Thomas, detail

William Holland Thomas

56 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
Richmond (VA) Dispatch, “Iron-Plated Ships,” February 5, 1861 02/05/1861

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