David Wyatt Aiken, detail

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Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, December 9, 2007.
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Aiken, Hon. D. Wyatt of S.C.
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Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, Library of Congress

David Wyatt Aiken

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Library of Congress
Notes
Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, December 9, 2007.
Image type
photograph
Use in Day View?
No
Courtesy of
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Permission to use?
Public
Original caption
Aiken, Hon. D. Wyatt of S.C.
Source citation
Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, Library of Congress

John Covode, detail

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Library of Congress
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Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, December 9, 2007.
Image type
photograph
Use in Day View?
Yes
Courtesy of
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Permission to use?
Public
Original caption
Hon. John Covode of PA
Source citation
Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, Library of Congress

John Covode

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Library of Congress
Notes
Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, December 9, 2007.
Image type
photograph
Use in Day View?
No
Courtesy of
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Permission to use?
Public
Original caption
Hon. John Covode of PA
Source citation
Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, Library of Congress

First Japanese Ambassador leaves Japan for the United States

The first diplomatic mission to the United States left Japan with a seventy-four person staff aboard the USS Powhatan.  They arrived in Hawaii on March 5, 1860, left the islands on March 18, 1860 and arrived at the Mare Island Naval Base in San Francisco a little over a week later.  They then traveled to Washington, D.C. via the Panama route.  The embassy concluded its four month visit in June 1860. (By John Osborne)
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The Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge opens for rail traffic

The first train rumbled across the 825 foot long Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge in New York.  It was the first railway bridge of its kind in country, designed and built by John Augustus Roebling, and had been open for other traffic for some months. (By John Osborne)
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The Confederate States flag, "the Stars and Bars," is adopted in Montgomery, Alabama

The new flag of the Confederate States, designed by Major Orren Randolph Smith of North Carolina, was adopted at the the Convention of Confederate States in Montgomery, Alabama.  It soon became popularly known as "the Stars and Bars."  (By John Osborne)
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Three Washburn brothers sit in the Thirty-Fourth Congress

First the first time in history, three brothers, all representing different states, sat in the House of Representatives as the Thirty-Fourth Congress opened. They were Isaac Washburn of Maine, Elihu Benjamin Washburne of Illinois, who spells his name slightly differently, and Cadwallader Colden Washburn of Wisconsin. (By John Osborne)
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