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Daily Report

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Thursday, August 08, 1861

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Birthdays

Peter Blow

84 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Isaac Davis Clark

26 years old today

Charles Anderson Dana, detail

Charles Anderson Dana

42 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

John Wesley Duvall

25 years old today

Winfield Scott Featherston, detail

Winfield Scott Featherston

41 years old today

Nelson Appleton Miles, detail

Nelson Appleton Miles

22 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Lewis Griffith Sparrow

33 years old today

Walter Chiles Whitaker

38 years old today

Events

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
Legal/Political
Andrew Gregg Curtin serves as Governor of Pennslyvania 01/15/1861 to 01/15/1867

Documents

Newspaper
Memphis (TN) Appeal, “Clothing For Our Army,” August 8, 1861 08/08/1861

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