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Wednesday, December 17, 1879

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Birthdays

Manning Ferguson Force, detail

Manning Ferguson Force

55 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

John Stansbury Gorsuch

59 years old today

Joseph Henry, detail

Joseph Henry

82 years old today

James Thadeus Holtzclaw, detail

James Thadeus Holtzclaw

46 years old today

Samuel Jones, detail

Samuel Jones

60 years old today

Frederick West Lander, detail

Frederick West Lander

58 years old today

John O'Neill, detail

John O'Neill

57 years old today

William Gaston Steele, circa 1864, detail

William Gaston Steele

59 years old today

No image yet available for this woman

Delia Ann Webster

62 years old today

John Greenleaf Whittier, detail

John Greenleaf Whittier

72 years old today

Events

Legal/Political
David Davis serves in the United States Senate 03/04/1877 to 03/03/1883
Legal/Political
The second session of the 46th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC 12/02/1879 to 12/18/1879

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