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Wednesday, August 28, 1861

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Birthdays

Otto Bardon, detail

Otto C. Bardon

20 years old today

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Calvin Clifford Chaffee

50 years old today

William Alexander Hammond, detail

William Alexander Hammond

33 years old today

Lucy Ware Webb Hayes, detail

Lucy Webb Hayes

30 years old today

Thomas Williams, detail

Thomas Williams

55 years old today

Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum, detail

Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum

12 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
Amasa Converse to Abraham Lincoln, August 28, 1861 08/28/1861

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