| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Washington pays Governor Pickens what he is owed, from the newly seized Charleston Sub-Treasury |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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Hinton Helper's scheduled lecture postponed in New York City due to fears of mob action |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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From his bench in New York City, U.S. District Court Judge David Smalley defines high treason |
| Carlisle/Dickinson |
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In Pennsylvania, a Carlisle courthouse meeting debates the Crittenden Compromise |
| Legal/Political |
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Andrew Gregg Curtin serves as Governor of Pennslyvania |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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In Harrisburg, Andrew Gregg Curtin sworn in as the Pennsylvania's first Republican governor |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Georgia's secession convention assembles in Milledgeville |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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Large and contentious meeting opposing coercion of the South held in Philadelphia |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Maine legislature offers men and money to sustain the Union |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Sullivan County, New York, derailment of the Erie Railroad's night express kills a railwayman |
| Education/Culture |
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Famed courtesan and exotic dancer Lola Montez dies of pneumonia in New York City |
| Education/Culture |
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In New York City, the new Brooklyn Academy of Music is inaugurated with a Grand Ball |
| Business/Industry |
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The Bank of England replenishes its gold reserves as American financial disruption effects Europe |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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Philadelphia's labor leaders endorse compromise but also recommend defensive force if needed |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Major Anderson requests safe passage for the women and children of his men at Fort Sumter |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Fort Sumter commander refuses shipment of fresh produce from South Carolina authorities |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Georgia secedes from the Union |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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In Connecticut, Southern students hoist the Palmetto Flag over Yale College's Alumni Hall |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Militia and police in New York City respond to rumors of an assault on the Brooklyn Naval Yard |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Jefferson Davis of Mississippi resigns from the United States Senate |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In England, the training of soldiers in loading hand-grenades ends in a fatal explosion |
| Business/Industry |
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New York City police seize almost a thousand muskets bound for Alabama |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Steamboat with a cargo of sugar and coffee snags and sinks on the Mississippi |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Major Pierre Gustave T. Beauregard takes up his appointment as Superintendent of West Point |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Louisiana's secession convention assembles in Baton Rouge |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Georgia troops seize the federal arsenal at Augusta |
| Education/Culture |
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Burns Night, the birthday of Scottish poet Robert Burns celebrated around the globe |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Louisiana secedes from the Union |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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A mass meeting of Philadelphia workingmen supports compromise and the Union |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Indiana, a morning fire destroys the First Baptist Church of Indianapolis |
