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Birthdays

John Taylor Cuddy

1844-10-17 - 1864-09-29

William Rainey Marshall

1825-10-17 - 1896-01-08

Elizabeth Van Lew

1818-10-17 - 1900-09-25

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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	Thomas Langrell Harris serves in the United States House of Representatives	03/04/1855 to 11/24/1858
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

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Documents

Newspaper	New York Herald, “Our Richmond Correspondence,” October 17, 1858	10/17/1858
Newspaper	Chicago (IL) Times, “The Campaign – The Last Joint Debate,” October 17, 1858	10/17/1858