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Friday, December 02, 1859

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Birthdays

Rufus Barringer, detail

Rufus Barringer

38 years old today

Charles Garrison Harker, detail

Charles Garrison Harker

24 years old today

Lewis Hayden, detail

Lewis Hayden

48 years old today

Events

Legal/Political
Stephen A. Douglas serves in the United States Senate 03/04/1847 to 06/03/1861
Legal/Political
Elihu Washburne serves in the United States House of Representatives 03/04/1853 to 03/06/1869
Legal/Political
Lyman Trumbull serves in the United States Senate 03/04/1855 to 03/03/1873
Personal
Moncure Conway serves as minister at Unitarian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio 10/26/1856 to 01/01/1862
Personal
Ozias Mather Hatch serves as Illinois Secretary of State 01/01/1857 to 01/31/1865

Documents

Diary
Entry by Thomas Jonathan Jackson, December 2, 1859 12/02/1859
Letter
John Thomas Lewis Preston to Margaret Junkin Preston, December 2, 1859 12/02/1859
Diary
Entry by Susan Bradford Eppes, December 2, 1859 12/02/1859
Newspaper
Greensboro (NC) Patriot, "Salisbury Items," December 2, 1859 12/02/1859

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