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Sunday, August 18, 1861

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Birthdays

Charles Francis Adams, detail

Charles Francis Adams

54 years old today

Benjamin Alvord, detail

Benjamin Alvord

48 years old today

Nathan Clifford, Brady image, detail

Nathan Clifford

58 years old today

John Wynn Davidson, profile, detail

John Wynn Davidson

37 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Charles L. Ginn

24 years old today

William Higby, circa 1864, detail

William Higby

48 years old today

Phoebe Yates Levy Pember, detail

Phoebe Yates Levy Pember

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

Letter
Thurlow Weed to Abraham Lincoln, August 18, 1861 08/18/1861

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