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Daily Report

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Saturday, May 04, 1861

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Birthdays

John Quincy Adams, detail

John Quincy Adams

13 years old today

James H. Carlisle, detail

James Henry Carlisle

36 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Phil Moore Leakin

31 years old today

John Henry Martin, detail

John Henry Martin

27 years old today

Dixon Stansbury Miles, detail

Dixon Stansbury Miles

57 years old today

William Pennington, detail

William Pennington

65 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

John Harmon Phillips

41 years old today

Joseph Pannell Taylor, detail

Joseph Pannell Taylor

65 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
Atchison (KS) Freedom’s Champion, “Are They Secessionists?,” May 4, 1861 05/04/1861

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