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Legal/Political	Sun, March 5, 1871 - Wed, April 19, 1871	The 42nd Congress is sitting in Washington, DC between early March and mid-April, 1871
Legal/Political	Sat, March 4, 1871	The 42nd Congress opens in Washington, DC
Legal/Political	Fri, March 3, 1871	The 41st Congress of the United States comes to the end of its term in Washington, DC
Legal/Political	Thu, January 5, 1871 - Thu, March 2, 1871	The "lame duck" third session of the 41st Congress of the United States is sitting in Washington, DC
Legal/Political	Wed, January 4, 1871	The third session of the 41st Congress of the United States returns from its holiday recess
Legal/Political	Fri, December 23, 1870 - Tue, January 3, 1871	The third session of the 41st Congress of the United States is in its holiday recess
Legal/Political	Tue, December 6, 1870 - Thu, December 22, 1870	The third session of the 41st Congress of the United States is sitting in Washington, DC
Legal/Political	Mon, December 5, 1870	The third session of the 41st Congress of the United States opens in Washington, DC
Personal	Sun, September 25, 1870	Justice Robert Grier dies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Legal/Political	Fri, July 15, 1870	The second session of the 41st Congress of the United States comes to an end in Washington, DC
Personal	Fri, March 4, 1870	John McClintock dies in Madison, New Jersey
Legal/Political	Tue, January 11, 1870 - Thu, July 14, 1870	The second session of the 41st Congress of the United States is sitting in Washington, DC
Legal/Political	Mon, January 10, 1870	The second session of the 41st Congress of the United States returns from its holiday recess
Legal/Political	Wed, December 22, 1869 - Sun, January 9, 1870	The second session of the 41st Congress of the United States is in its eighteen day holiday recess
Legal/Political	Tue, December 7, 1869 - Tue, December 21, 1869	The second session of the 41st Congress of the United States is meeting in Washington, DC
Legal/Political	Mon, December 6, 1869	In Washington, DC, the 41st Congress of the United States opens its second session
Personal	Wed, May 12, 1869	Elihu Washburne arrives in Paris, France
Legal/Political	Sat, April 10, 1869	In Washington, DC, the 41st Congress of the United States ends its first session
Personal	Thu, March 18, 1869	Nelson Davis and Harriet Tubman are married in Auburn, New York
Legal/Political	Wed, March 17, 1869 - Mon, September 10, 1877	Elihu Washburne serves as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to France
Legal/Political	Fri, March 5, 1869 - Fri, April 9, 1869	The 41st Congress of the United States is sitting in Washington, DC
Legal/Political	Thu, March 4, 1869	The 41st Congress of the United States opens in Washington, DC
Campaigns/Elections	Thu, March 4, 1869	Ulysses Grant takes the oath as the eighteenth President of the United States at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC
Crime/Disasters	Fri, December 11, 1868	Accident to a railroad bridge work crew near Northfield, Vermont kills fifteen railroad men.
Crime/Disasters	Thu, October 22, 1868	Sitting Arkansas U.S. Congressman James Hinds is murdered on the road in Monroe County, Arkansas
Personal	Sun, August 16, 1868	Julia Jayne Trumbull dies in Washington, DC
Personal	Mon, June 1, 1868	James Buchanan dies in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Personal	Mon, March 16, 1868	David Wilmot dies in Towanda, Pennsylvania
Crime/Disasters	Wed, January 29, 1868	In New York State, fire completely destroys the Albany Academy of Music.
Crime/Disasters	Tue, January 28, 1868	Chicago, Illinois is struck with the worst fire in its history up to that point.