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Crime/Disasters Steamboat explodes on the Delaware River in Pennsylvania and ten die
Campaigns/Elections Louisiana Democratic Convention selects Senator John Slidell as preferred candidate for President
Science/Technology Christopher Spencer receives a patent for his magazine-fed, lever action rifle
Education/Culture Fanny Kemble gives her final stage reading in Boston
Campaigns/Elections Massachusetts Republicans make William H. Seward their first choice for President
Crime/Disasters New York packet wrecked in a snowstorm on the New Jersey shore but all aboard are saved
Lawmaking/Litigating Governor of Ohio refuses the extradition of two Harpers Ferry Raiders to Virginia
Business/Industry Undetered by heavy snow, women shoe worker strikers parade in Lynn, Massachusetts
US/the World British and French send ultimatum to the Chinese Govenment threatening war
Campaigns/Elections Abraham Lincoln rallies Connecticut Republicans in a strong evening speech at Norwich
Crime/Disasters Stagecoach burns in the middle of its run in central Pennsylvania
Crime/Disasters Much of downtown Houston, Texas again ravaged by fire
Campaigns/Elections Abraham Lincoln concludes his New England tour with a speech in Bridgeport, Connecticut
Foreign Italian provinces of Romagna, Emilia, and Tuscany begin voting on a plebiscite to decide their future
Lawmaking/Litigating House of Representatives passes the Homestead Bill
Legal/Political The U.S. Senate imprisons Thaddeus Hyatt for failure to appear before Harpers Ferry Committee
Crime/Disasters Steamboat burns on Lake Pontchartrain and eighteen lives lost
Campaigns/Elections Nebraska Republicans dominate election for delegates to the territorial constitutional convention
Foreign - Miramón forces besieging Vera Cruz subject the port to a sustained bombardment
US/the World Switzerland protest the pending French annexation of Savoy
Crime/Disasters Violent earthquake strikes Carson City, Nevada causing damage but no deaths
Lawmaking/Litigating Virginia executes Harpers Ferry raiders Albert Hazlett and Aaron Dwight Stevens
Education/Culture California enacts law to protect young dancing girls
Foreign Hostilities break out in New Zealand between British authorities and the native Maori
Foreign Italian provinces of Romagna, Emilia, and Tuscany vote for annexation by Piedmont-Sardinia
Business/Industry Pony Express plans to deliver mail from New York to San Francisco in nine days
Legal/Political Lincoln visits dying political ally
Campaigns/Elections Lincoln claims he cannot raise $10,000 for campaign even to save himself from "fate of John Brown"
Battles/Soldiers Sam Houston sends Texas Rangers after Comanche Indians
US/the World First Japanese warship arrives in San Francisco Bay