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Daily Report

Monday, August 08, 1859

Birthdays

Peter Blow

82 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Isaac Davis Clark

24 years old today

Charles Anderson Dana, detail

Charles Anderson Dana

40 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

John Wesley Duvall

23 years old today

Winfield Scott Featherston, detail

Winfield Scott Featherston

39 years old today

Nelson Appleton Miles, detail

Nelson Appleton Miles

20 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Lewis Griffith Sparrow

31 years old today

Walter Chiles Whitaker

36 years old today

Events

Legal/Political

Stephen A. Douglas serves in the United States Senate 03/04/1847 to 06/03/1861

Legal/Political

Elihu Washburne serves in the United States House of Representatives 03/04/1853 to 03/06/1869

Legal/Political

Lyman Trumbull serves in the United States Senate 03/04/1855 to 03/03/1873

Personal

Moncure Conway serves as minister at Unitarian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio 10/26/1856 to 01/01/1862

Personal

Ozias Mather Hatch serves as Illinois Secretary of State 01/01/1857 to 01/31/1865

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