Henry, Alexander

Life Span
to
Full name
Alexander Henry
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, PA
Burial Place
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
1
Family
 John Snowden Henry (father), Elizabeth Bayard Henry (mother), Elizabeth S. Paul (wife)
Education
Princeton (College of New Jersey)
Occupation
Politician
Attorney or Judge
Businessman
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Political Parties
Republican
Government
Local government
Date Event
In Philadelphia, a speech by visiting abolitionist is postponed due to threats of violence
Mass meeting in Philadelphia's Independence Square endorses the Union and conciliation with South
Philadelphia's mayor instructed to transmit recent city resolutions for conciliation to South Carolina
In Philadelphia, angry crowds threaten the offices of the city's southern-based newspaper
In Philadelphia, Mayor Alexander proclaims both against treason and popular disorder in the city
The Sixth Massachusetts Regiment arrives in Philadelphia on its way to Washington DC, via Baltimore
Philadelphia man arrested on a charge of inciting riot then freed on First Amendment grounds
The Philadelphia press reports that more than ten thousand Philadelphians are now in the field
Near New York City, the desertion of an entire company from the New York Rifles ends in a firefight
The combined Sanitary Fair of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware opens in Philadelphia
In a rainy Philadelphia, General George Meade leads Philadelphia's veterans in a welcome home parade
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