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The 42nd Congress is sitting in Washington, DC between early March and mid-April, 1871 |
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The 42nd Congress opens in Washington, DC |
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The 41st Congress of the United States comes to the end of its term in Washington, DC |
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The "lame duck" third session of the 41st Congress of the United States is sitting in Washington, DC |
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The third session of the 41st Congress of the United States returns from its holiday recess |
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The third session of the 41st Congress of the United States is in its holiday recess |
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The third session of the 41st Congress of the United States is sitting in Washington, DC |
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The third session of the 41st Congress of the United States opens in Washington, DC |
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Justice Robert Grier dies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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The second session of the 41st Congress of the United States comes to an end in Washington, DC |
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John McClintock dies in Madison, New Jersey |
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The second session of the 41st Congress of the United States is sitting in Washington, DC |
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The second session of the 41st Congress of the United States returns from its holiday recess |
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The second session of the 41st Congress of the United States is in its eighteen day holiday recess |
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The second session of the 41st Congress of the United States is meeting in Washington, DC |
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In Washington, DC, the 41st Congress of the United States opens its second session |
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Elihu Washburne arrives in Paris, France |
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In Washington, DC, the 41st Congress of the United States ends its first session |
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Nelson Davis and Harriet Tubman are married in Auburn, New York |
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Elihu Washburne serves as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to France |
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The 41st Congress of the United States is sitting in Washington, DC |
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The 41st Congress of the United States opens in Washington, DC |
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Ulysses Grant takes the oath as the eighteenth President of the United States at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC |
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Accident to a railroad bridge work crew near Northfield, Vermont kills fifteen railroad men. |
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Sitting Arkansas U.S. Congressman James Hinds is murdered on the road in Monroe County, Arkansas |
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Julia Jayne Trumbull dies in Washington, DC |
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James Buchanan dies in Lancaster, Pennsylvania |
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David Wilmot dies in Towanda, Pennsylvania |
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In New York State, fire completely destroys the Albany Academy of Music. |
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Chicago, Illinois is struck with the worst fire in its history up to that point. |