Dickinson College, at its annual commencement ceremonies, grants baccalaureate degrees to nineteen members of the class of 1857. Among the graduates is Thomas Nelson Conrad, a Virginian who will later serve with the Confederate Secret Service and be involved in a plot to abduct Abraham Lincoln. (By James Gerencser)
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Commencement Program, July 9, 1857, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA.
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