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Thursday, December 05, 1861

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Birthdays

George Armstrong Custer, circa 1864, detail

George Armstrong Custer

22 years old today

Thomas Roderick Dew, detail

Thomas Roderick Dew

59 years old today

James Guthrie, detail

James Guthrie

69 years old today

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John Baldwin Raymond

17 years old today

Thomas Jefferson Rusk, detail

Thomas Jefferson Rusk

58 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

Miscellaneous
Memorandum by Alexander T. Galt, Canadian diplomat, describing interview with Abraham Lincoln, December 5, 1861 12/05/1861
Letter
Alexander Galt to Amy Galt, Washington DC, December 5, 1861 12/05/1861

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