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Daily Report

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Monday, May 20, 1861

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Birthdays

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

John Brown

68 years old today

Antoinette Louisa Brown, detail

Antoinette Louisa Brown

36 years old today

John Harris, detail

John Harris

71 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Henry Bry Holmes

23 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

William Brown Norris

58 years old today

Thomas Dartmouth Rice, detail

Thomas Dartmouth Rice

53 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 Times, “A Halter with Two Nooses,” May 20, 1861 05/20/1861

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