In Harrisburg, the Pennsylvania legislature postpones the Philadelphia municipal election

The Republican controlled Pennsylvania legislature passed a bill adjusting the schedule of elections in Philadelphia.  The scheduled spring elections were to be cancelled and from then on rolled into the state election in October.  Fearing a repeat of the close-run election of 1860 and a possible loss in the spring, Republicans gained more time and won the municipal elections easily in the fall, in a vastly changed political climate.  (By John Osborne)   
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Entry by John McClintock, July 13, 1863 (Page 1)

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Cropped, edited, and prepared for use here by Don Sailer, Dickinson College, July 14, 2009.
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George R. Crooks, Life and Letters of the Rev. John M'Clintock (New York: Nelson & Philips, 1876), 341.
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Original image has been adjusted here for presentation purposes.

David Elliott (Dickinson Chronicles)

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John Osborne and James W. Gerencser, eds., “David Elliott,” Dickinson Chronicles, http://chronicles.dickinson.edu/encyclo/e/ed_elliottD.htm.
David Elliott was born in Sherman Valley, now in Perry County, to Thomas and Jane Holliday Elliott on February 6, 1787. Of Scots Irish heritage, he was raised on his parents' farm in a pious Presbyterian family. He was educated at home and in several neighborhood church schools, including that of the Reverend James Linn at Center Church.
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William Dorsey Pender (American National Bibliography)

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James I. Robertson, "Pender, William Dorsey," American National Biography Online, February 2000, http://www.anb.org/articles/04/04-00773.html.
Dorsey Pender was one of the most outstanding North Carolinians in Confederate service. General A. P. Hill termed him "an excellent officer, attentive, industrious and brave." General Robert E. Lee felt that Pender's "promise and usefulness as an officer were only equaled by the purity and excellence of his private life." Later that same year, Lee paid an even higher tribute to the Carolinian. "I am gradually losing my best men," the commander wrote Jefferson Davis, beginning his list with the names "Stonewall" Jackson and Dorsey Pender.
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Abram Joseph Ryan (American National Bibliography)

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L. Moody Simms , "Ryan, Abram Joseph," American National Biography Online, February 2000, http://www.anb.org/articles/16/16-01429.html.
In September 1862 Father Ryan joined the Confederate army as a chaplain. A fellow priest later described him during this period as "a person of commanding presence, dark, with the Eagle look of the Indian, his black hair thrown back from a noble brow." While tending the wounded on the battlefield and hearing the confessions of the dying, Father Ryan revealed uncommon physical courage and is even said to have seized a musket on occasion and fought alongside his companions.
American National Biography Online

Horatio Seymour (American National Bibliography)

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Joel H. Silbey, "Seymour, Horatio," American National Biography Online, February 2000, http://www.anb.org/articles/04/04-00899.html.
[Horatio Seymour] worked behind the scenes in the late 1850s to reinvigorate and reunite the national Democratic party. Now a member of its "Soft" wing, which supported Stephen A. Douglas and popular sovereignty in the territories, Seymour fought for Douglas's election in 1860 and then joined Douglas in seeking compromise without war in 1860-1861.
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Secretary of State Seward refuses to recognize the Confederate diplomats sent to Washington DC

Two of the three commissioners the Confederate Government had appointed to treat with the United States, John Forsythe of Alabama and Martin J. Crawford of Georgia, arrived in Washington, DC on March 5, 1861. A week later they requested a meeting with new Secretary of State Seward.  In a memorandum, Seward rejected the overture, and told them that the Confederate States were not a foreign power and he "could not recognize them as diplomatic agents, or hold correspondence or other communication with them."  (By John Osborne)
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Confederate diplomats arrive in Washington DC

Two of the three commissioners the Confederate Government had appointed to treat with the United States, John Forsythe of Alabama and Martin J. Crawford of Georgia, arrived in Washington, DC. They requested a meeting with new Secretary of State Seward on March 11, 1861.  Four days later, in a memorandum, Seward rejected the overture, and told them that the Confederate States were not a foreign power and he "could not recognize them as diplomatic agents, or hold correspondence or other communication with them."  (By John Osborne)
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In Washington, DC, Confederate diplomats request a meeting with the U.S. Secretary of State

Two of the three Confederate commissioners appointed to discuss affairs with the United States, John Forsythe of Alabama and Martin J. Crawford of Georgia, arrived in Washington, DC. on March 5, 1861. They requested a meeting with new Secretary of State Seward.  Four days later, in an official memorandum, Seward rejected the overture, and stated that they did not represent a foreign power and therefore he "could not recognize them as diplomatic agents, or hold correspondence or other communication with them."  (By John Osborne)
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