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Daily Report

Saturday, October 20, 1860

Birthdays

Benjamin Franklin Cheatham, detail

Benjamin Franklin Cheatham

40 years old today

James Wilson Grimes, circa 1859, detail

James Wilson Grimes

44 years old today

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Gazaway Bugg Lamar

62 years old today

Daniel Sickles, detail

Daniel Edgar Sickles

41 years old today

George Jerrison Stannard, detail

George Jerrison Stannard

40 years old today

Mason Weare Tappan, detail

Mason Weare Tappan

43 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

Documents

Letter

David Wilmot to Abraham Lincoln, October 20, 1860 10/20/1860

Letter

David Hunter to Abraham Lincoln, October 20, 1860 10/20/1860

Newspaper

New York Times, "The Alabama Insurrection," October 20, 1860 10/20/1860

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