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Birthdays

James Osgood Andrew, engraving, detail

James Osgood Andrew

1794-05-03 - 1871-03-02

Jean Margaret Davenport Lander, detail

Jean Margaret Davenport Lander

1829-05-03 - 1903-08-02

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

George Hawkins McCabe

1824-05-03 - 1902-05-24

Wilmer McLean, detail

Wilmer McLean

1814-05-03 - 1882-06-05

Montgomery Cunningham Meigs, detail

Montgomery Cunningham Meigs

1816-05-03 - 1892-01-02

Lot Myrick Morrill, detail

Lot Myrick Morrill

1813-05-03 - 1883-01-10

Rufus Paine Spalding, detail

Rufus Paine Spalding

1798-05-03 - 1886-08-29

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

William Van Bergen Tudor

1832-05-03 - 1917-01-01

David Shelby Walker, detail

David Shelby Walker

1815-05-03 - 1891-07-20

Harriet L. Straw Whiteside, in old age, detail

Harriet Leonora Whiteside

1824-05-03 - 1903-02-19

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
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “An Opinion,” May 3, 1859 05/03/1859

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