Daily Report

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Birthdays

Peter Vivian Daniel

77 years old today

James Edward Harrison

46 years old today

Charles Ferguson Smith

54 years old today

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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

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Documents

Newspaper	New York Times, “How to End the War,” April 24, 1861	04/24/1861
Letter	Dickinson College President Herman Johnson Circular Letter, April 24, 1861	04/24/1861
Executive record	Proclamation of Kentucky Governor Beriah Magoffin, April 24, 1861	04/24/1861
Executive record	Virginia Governor John Letcher’s Proclamation, April 24, 1861	04/24/1861
Letter	Andrew H. Reeder to Simon Cameron, April 24, 1861	04/24/1861