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Propeller steamer explodes and sinks in the middle of the night on a stormy Lake Erie |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Thirteen prisoners escape from the Monroe County Jail in Rochester, New York |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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State wide elections held across Louisiana |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Massive grain elevator burns along with 200,00 bushels of grain in Buffalo, New York |
| Personal |
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Gerrit Smith, one of the "Secret Six," confined in mental institution at Utica, New York |
| Personal |
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Mary Brown arrives at James Miller McKim's home in Philadelphia |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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New York State holds statewide and local elections |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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Republican Governor Alexander Randall re-elected in Wisconsin |
| US/the World |
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The Prince of Wales celebrates his eighteenth birthday |
| US/the World |
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Canadians meet in a convention at Toronto to discuss federation |
| Religion/Philosophy |
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National Convention of Seaman's Missions holds its annual meeting in New York City |
| US/the World |
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Treaty negotiations successfully conclude the late war between France, Austria, and Piedmont |
| Legal/Political |
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Four of John Brown's raiders sentenced to death in Charlestown, Virginia |
| Cultural |
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Centenary of Schiller's birth celebrated in Europe and North America |
| Foreign |
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The Treaty of Zurich is signed between France, Austria, and Piedmont-Sardinia |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Joseph W. Thornton hangs in St. Louis for murder of Joseph Charless |
| Legal/Political |
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Suspected American slaveship returned under naval guard to New York |
| Legal/Political |
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Officers and crew of captured American slaveship indicted in New York City |
| Cultural |
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Jules Léotard performs the first high-flying trapeze act at the Cirque Napoléon in Paris |
| Science/Technology |
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A large meteor observed over the main island of Hawaii |
| Legal/Political |
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Deposed president of Costa Rica received in Washington |
| Science/Technology |
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Large and bright meteor is tracked across the east coast |
| Business/Industry |
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The Ohio River at Pittsburgh open to navigation for the winter |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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Mozart Hall Democrats nominate Fernando Wood for mayor of New York City |
| US/the World |
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The National Rifle Association founded in London |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Deadly fire burns overnight in Atlanta, Georgia |
| Cultural |
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Aleksandr Ostrovsky's play "Groza," or "The Storm," premieres in Moscow. |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Burned out Buffalo grain elevator collapses and kills two clean-up workers |
| Legal/Political |
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Burning haystack panics Virginians anticipating an attempt to rescue John Brown |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Freight train derails on a bridge in Indiana and goes into the river killing two crewmen |
