Daily Report

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Birthdays

John Brewer Brown

25 years old today

William McClanahan Busey

18 years old today

Howard Copeland

33 years old today

Harmar Denny

67 years old today

William Hamilton Getzendaner

27 years old today

Jacob V. Gotwalts

21 years old today

Zebulon Baird Vance

31 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	Charleston (SC) Mercury, “A Sucking Nelson,” May 13, 1861	05/13/1861
Newspaper	Boston (MA) Herald, “Union in California,” May 13, 1861	05/13/1861