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In New York City, thousands of newly-bound books burn in a massive fire |
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The Philadelphia Methodist Conference urges withdrawal of the Church's new "discipline" on slavery |
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In England, chemist William Brookes discovers a new chemical element |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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Famous former Chief Justice of Massachusetts Lemuel Shaw dies at his home in Boston |
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Britain becomes the first state to recognize the new united Kingdom of Italy |
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Body of Napoleon Bonaparte reinterred under the great dome of Les Invalides in Paris |
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In Virginia, secessionists raise the Confederate flag in a ceremony near Richmond |
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Governor Buckingham re-elected as Republicans once again sweep state elections in Connecticut |
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In St. Louis, Missouri, a unified anti-Republican ticket takes control of mayor's office and city council |
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Night train from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh derails, injuring five passengers and damaging the mail car |
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Southern journalist urges the South to reclaim the "Star-Spangled Banner" as a southern patriotic song |
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Real estate sales in New York City |
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In Virginia, Richmond police locked up 238 people in the previous month, mostly for drunkeness |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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In Ohio, Associate Justice John McLean of the U.S. Supreme Court dies at his home in Cincinnati |
| Business/Industry |
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With pressure on its bullion reserves easing, the Bank of England drops its discount rate again |
| Lawmaking/Litigating |
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In Richmond, the Virginia Convention rejects secession in a decisive vote |
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Confederate diplomats in Washington pass on news of federal military and naval preparations |
| Slavery/Abolition |
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Richmond newspaper editorial defends slavery as a vital financial need for Virginia |
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In Ireland, a Dublin omnibus crashes into the Grand Canal and six passengers drown |
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In Kentucky, Unionist John M. Delph easily wins election as the mayor of Louisville |
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Fire in Plymouth, Massachusetts badly injures two firefighters |
| Business/Industry |
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In Philadelphia, John Wanamaker and Nathan Brown open their first store on Market Street |
| Education/Culture |
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Jerry Bryant, leader of the famous Bryant's Minstrels, dies suddenly in New York City, aged thirty-two |
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President Lincoln gives South Carolina notice that he intends to resupply Fort Sumter |
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Official period of Britain's seventh national census takes place overnight |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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In New Jersey, the state capital Trenton elects its first Republican mayor |
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From Montgomery, the Confederate secretary of war orders immediate action against Fort Sumter |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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General Beauregard demands that Major Anderson surrender Fort Sumter immediately |
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Federal troops evacuated from Texas arrive in New York Harbor |
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In Washington, DC, the District of Columbia militia called out and sworn in for three months |
