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Daily Report

Thursday, January 24, 1861

Birthdays

John Courts Bagby, detail

John Courts Bagby

42 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

John Summerfield Battee

37 years old today

William Daniel, detail

William Daniel

35 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

William Duffield Halbert

27 years old today

John Pegram, detail

John Pegram

29 years old today

Henry Jarvis Raymond, detail

Henry Jarvis Raymond

41 years old today

Adam Jacoby Slemmer, detail

Adam Jacoby Slemmer

33 years old today

John Milton Thayer, detail

John Milton Thayer

41 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

Newspaper

Cleveland (OH) Herald, "The Fugitive Case," January 24, 1861 01/24/1861

Letter

Leonard Swett to Abraham Lincoln, January 24, 1861 01/24/1861

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