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Type	Date Span	Title
Crime/Disasters	Tue, March 6, 1860	Steamboat explodes on the Delaware River in Pennsylvania and ten die
Campaigns/Elections	Tue, March 6, 1860	Louisiana Democratic Convention selects Senator John Slidell as preferred candidate for President
Science/Technology	Tue, March 6, 1860	Christopher Spencer receives a patent for his magazine-fed, lever action rifle
Education/Culture	Wed, March 7, 1860	Fanny Kemble gives her final stage reading in Boston
Campaigns/Elections	Wed, March 7, 1860	Massachusetts Republicans make William H. Seward their first choice for President
Crime/Disasters	Thu, March 8, 1860	New York packet wrecked in a snowstorm on the New Jersey shore but all aboard are saved
Lawmaking/Litigating	Thu, March 8, 1860	Governor of Ohio refuses the extradition of two Harpers Ferry Raiders to Virginia
Business/Industry	Thu, March 8, 1860	Undetered by heavy snow, women shoe worker strikers parade in Lynn, Massachusetts
US/the World	Thu, March 8, 1860	British and French send ultimatum to the Chinese Govenment threatening war
Campaigns/Elections	Fri, March 9, 1860	Abraham Lincoln rallies Connecticut Republicans in a strong evening speech at Norwich
Crime/Disasters	Fri, March 9, 1860	Stagecoach burns in the middle of its run in central Pennsylvania
Crime/Disasters	Sat, March 10, 1860	Much of downtown Houston, Texas again ravaged by fire
Campaigns/Elections	Sat, March 10, 1860	Abraham Lincoln concludes his New England tour with a speech in Bridgeport, Connecticut
Foreign	Sun, March 11, 1860	Italian provinces of Romagna, Emilia, and Tuscany begin voting on a plebiscite to decide their future
Lawmaking/Litigating	Mon, March 12, 1860	House of Representatives passes the Homestead Bill
Legal/Political	Mon, March 12, 1860	The U.S. Senate imprisons Thaddeus Hyatt for failure to appear before Harpers Ferry Committee
Crime/Disasters	Tue, March 13, 1860	Steamboat burns on Lake Pontchartrain and eighteen lives lost
Campaigns/Elections	Wed, March 14, 1860	Nebraska Republicans dominate election for delegates to the territorial constitutional convention
Foreign	Thu, March 15, 1860 - Tue, March 20, 1860	Miramón forces besieging Vera Cruz subject the port to a sustained bombardment
US/the World	Thu, March 15, 1860	Switzerland protest the pending French annexation of Savoy
Crime/Disasters	Thu, March 15, 1860	Violent earthquake strikes Carson City, Nevada causing damage but no deaths
Lawmaking/Litigating	Fri, March 16, 1860	Virginia executes Harpers Ferry raiders Albert Hazlett and Aaron Dwight Stevens
Education/Culture	Sat, March 17, 1860	California enacts law to protect young dancing girls
Foreign	Sat, March 17, 1860	Hostilities break out in New Zealand between British authorities and the native Maori
Foreign	Sat, March 17, 1860	Italian provinces of Romagna, Emilia, and Tuscany vote for annexation by Piedmont-Sardinia
Business/Industry	Sat, March 17, 1860	Pony Express plans to deliver mail from New York to San Francisco in nine days
Legal/Political	Sat, March 17, 1860	Lincoln visits dying political ally
Campaigns/Elections	Sat, March 17, 1860	Lincoln claims he cannot raise $10,000 for campaign even to save himself from "fate of John Brown"
Battles/Soldiers	Sat, March 17, 1860	Sam Houston sends Texas Rangers after Comanche Indians
US/the World	Sat, March 17, 1860	First Japanese warship arrives in San Francisco Bay