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Thursday, May 16, 1872

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Birthdays

John Ashmead, detail

John Wayne Ashmead

66 years old today

Alexander Robinson Boteler, circa 1870, detail

Alexander Robinson Boteler

57 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Charles Mifflin Boyd

46 years old today

Martin Robison Delany, detail

Martin Robinson Delany

60 years old today

William Henry Seward, circa 1860, detail

William Henry Seward

71 years old today

Edmund Kirby Smith, detail

Edmund Kirby Smith

48 years old today

Events

Legal/Political
Lyman Trumbull serves in the United States Senate 03/04/1855 to 03/03/1873
Legal/Political
Elihu Washburne serves as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to France 03/17/1869 to 09/10/1877
Legal/Political
The 42nd Congress is in session in Washington, DC between early January and mid-June, 1872 01/10/1872 to 06/09/1872


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