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Sunday, December 18, 1859

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Birthdays

Alexander Sandor Asboth, detail

Alexander Sandor Asboth

49 years old today

George Dashiell Bayard, detail

George Dashiell Bayard

24 years old today

Jesse David Bright, detail

Jesse David Bright

47 years old today

John Mercer Brooke, detail

John Mercer Brooke

33 years old today

Thomas Pleasant Dockery, detail

Thomas Pleasant Dockery

26 years old today

Arnold Elzey, detail

Arnold Elzey

43 years old today

Charles Griffin, detail

Charles Griffin

34 years old today

George Dennison Prentice, engraving, detail

George Dennison Prentice

56 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

Newspaper
New York Herald, “The New York Herald in the South,” December 18, 1859 12/18/1859

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