Fernando Wood, circa 1855

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Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, May 9, 2010.
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[Fernando Wood, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to left, eyes front]
Source citation
Daguerreotype Collection, Library of Congress
Source note
DAG no. 104
Matthew Brady photographer

Gail Borden, circa 1870, detail

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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by Don Sailer, Dickinson College, May 8, 2010.
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Gail Borden
Source citation
James E. Homans, ed., The Cyclopaedia of American Biography (New York: The Press Association Compilers, Inc., 1918), 8: 127.

"Terrible Rout & Total Destruction of the Whig Party," 1852, political cartoon

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cartoon
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Terrible rout & total destruction of the Whig Party. In Salt River
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Cartoon Prints, American, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
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Original image has been adjusted here for presentation purposes.
LOC Call Number: PC/US - 1852.A000, no. 37

Alabama lighter capsizes in Mobile Bay during a squall and two men drown

The small schooner Pioneer was transporting a load of railroad iron from the larger ship Windsor Forest into the port of Mobile in Alabama.  She was struck with a sudden squall and capsized.  Of the six men in her crew, four were rescued and two drowned.  (By John Osborne)
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Illinois State Democratic Convention meets in Springfield

The Illinois Democratic State Convention met in Springfield to make their state nominations, choose presidential electors, and endorse the candidacy of Stephen Douglas for president.  Representing every county except Calhoun, the delegates nominated James C. Allen for governor and Lewis C. Rass for lieutenant-governor.  Like Douglas, neither were to win in November.   (By John Osborne)
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Gail Borden, circa 1870

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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by Don Sailer, Dickinson College, May 8, 2010.
Image type
photograph
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Public
Original caption
Gail Borden
Source citation
James E. Homans, ed., The Cyclopaedia of American Biography (New York: The Press Association Compilers, Inc., 1918), 8: 127.

America's best trotting horses meet for a second time at the Union Course on Long Island

The country's two most famous trotting horses, Flora Temple, driven by J. McCann and George M. Patchen driven by D. Tallman, raced their second three heat series before a large crowd at the Union Race Course on Long Island.  At the first meeting the week before Flora Temple beat the stallion over all three races, breaking her own world record time in the process.  This time, against the odds, the male horse was victorious (By John Osborne)
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America's best trotting horses race in a three heat series at the Union Course on Long Island

Celebrated trotting horses, Flora Temple and George M. Patchen raced a three heat series before a crowd of more than ten thousand people at the Union Race Course on Long Island.  Flora Temple beat the stallion over all three races, breaking her own world record time in the process and winning the $1000 prize on offer.  The two trotters raced at the same course on June 12, 1860 with the male horse this time victorious. (By John Osborne)
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Serious train wreck near Belleville, Illinois injures dozens

At 7:30 in the morning, a train of the Belleville Railroad in Illinois ran off the tracks due to a faulty switch.  The locomotive, baggage car, and one passenger careened down an embankment.  Twenty of the thirty people in the wrecked passenger car were injured, some seriously.  Many of the men in this car were delegates to the Illinois Democratic Convention that was to begin the next day in Springfield.  (By John Osborne)
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