Undetered by heavy snow, women shoe worker strikers parade in Lynn, Massachusetts

The women shoe workers had joined the Lynn strike a few days after it began and on this day marched in a "Ladies Procession" in the town.  That morning had seen a heavy snowfall in the area but the women paraded through the drifting snow carrying banners proclaiming support for their cause. (By John Osborne)
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Seven hundred striking shoemakers march from Lynn to Marblehead

Seven hundred Lynn strikers assembled in the morning and marched the six miles to Marblehead, Massachusetts with the Lynn Cornet Band at their head. They were met by Marblehead union men, marched the streets of the town, and assembled on the Common for speeches.  In the afternoon they marched back to Lynn, the whole affair having been carried off in a peaceful and celebratory way.  (By John Osborne)  
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William Waters Boyce (Congressional Biographical Dictionary)

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“Boyce, William Waters,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000713.
BOYCE, William Waters, a Representative from South Carolina; born in Charleston, S.C., October 24, 1818; attended South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) at Columbia and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1839 and practiced in Winnsboro, S.C.; member of the South Carolina state house of representatives, 1846-1847; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1853, until his retirement on December 21, 1860; chairman, Committee on Elections
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Benjamin Harvey Hill (Congressional Biographical Dictionary)

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“Hill, Benjamin Harvey,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000587.
HILL, Benjamin Harvey, (cousin of Hugh Lawson White Hill), a Representative and a Senator from Georgia; born in Hillsborough, Jasper County, Ga., September 14, 1823; pursued classical studies and graduated from the University of Georgia at Athens in 1844; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1844 and commenced practice in Lagrange, Troup County, Ga.; member, State house of representatives 1851; member, State senate 1859-1860; actively opposed disunion until the secession ordinance had been adopted; delegate to the Confederate Provisional Congress in 1861; senator in the Co
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James Moore Wayne (Congressional Biographical Dictionary)

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“Wayne, James Moore,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000218.
WAYNE, James Moore, a Representative from Georgia; born in Savannah, Ga., in 1790; completed preparatory studies and was graduated from Princeton College in 1808; studied law in New Haven, Conn.; was admitted to the bar in 1810 and commenced practice in Savannah, Ga.; entered the military service during the War of 1812, and served as an officer in the Georgia Hussars; member of the State house of representatives in 1815 and 1816; mayor of Savannah 1817-1819; judge of the court of common pleas and oyer and terminer of Savannah 1820-1822; judge of the superior court of Sava
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Philip Francis Thomas (Congressional Biographical Dictionary)

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“Thomas, Philip Francis,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000182.
THOMAS, Philip Francis, a Representative and Senator-elect from Maryland; born in Easton, Talbot County, Md., September 12, 1810; attended the academy in Easton, and was graduated from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., in 1830; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1831 and commenced practice in Easton, Md.; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1836; member of the State house of delegates in 1838, 1843, and 1845; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1841); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1840; resumed th
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William Taylor Sullivan Barry (Congressional Biographical Dictionary)

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“Barry, William Taylor Sullivan,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000193.
BARRY, William Taylor Sullivan, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Columbus, Lowndes County, Miss., December 10, 1821; was graduated from Yale College in 1841; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1844 and commenced practice in Columbus; also engaged in planting; member of the State house of representatives 1849-1851; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1855); again a member of the State house of representatives and served as speaker in 1855; president of the State secession convention in 1861; member of the Provisional Co
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Ethelbert Barksdale (Congressional Biographical Dictionary)

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“Barksdale, Ethelbert,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000146.
BARKSDALE, Ethelbert, (brother of William Barksdale), a Representative from Mississippi; born in Smyrna, Rutherford County, Tenn., January 4, 1824; moved to Jackson, Hinds County, Miss.; adopted journalism as a profession; edited the official journal of the State 1854-1861 and 1876-1883; member of the Confederate Congress 1861-1865; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1860, 1868, 1872, and 1880; chairman of the Democratic State executive committee 1877-1879; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1887);
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Thousands of shoemakers go on strike for higher wages in Lynn, Massachusetts

Following several earlier mass meetings in the area, three thousand shoemakers assembled in the Lyceum Hall in Lynn, Massachusetts to announce that they were now on strike. Union representatives spread the word and by the end of the month almost 20,000 shoemakers from Maine to upstate New York had joined the stoppage in the largest industrial action seen in the United States up to that time.  (By John Osborne)    
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Miramón forces besieging Vera Cruz subject the port to a sustained bombardment

General Miguel Miramón, in control of the military junta, had moved to attack the Constitutional forces of Benito Juarez at Vera Cruz on the coast.  After some delay, the siege began and included a five day heavy bombardment of the port city with more than fifty pieces of artillery.  Vera Cruz held firm and  Miramón's junta forces gave up the attack and began a retreat to Mexico City on March 21, 1860. (By John Osborne)
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