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Birthdays

August Belmont

1813-12-08 - 1890-11-24

Robert Bullock

1828-12-08 - 1905-07-27

William Downey

1825-12-08 - 1902-04-16

Clinton Bowen Fisk

1828-12-08 - 1890-07-09

Otis Gibson

1826-12-08 - 1889-01-25

Lewis Winans Ross

1812-12-08 - 1895-10-20

Henry Timrod

1800-12-08 - 1867-10-07

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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	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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Documents

Newspaper	Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "Virginia Wants the Nation to Foot Her Bills," December 8, 1859	12/08/1859
Newspaper	Hartford (CT) Courant, "Arrest of a Militia Officer," December 8, 1859	12/08/1859
Newspaper	Fayetteville (NC) Observer, "Gov. Seward and Harpers Ferry," December 8, 1859	12/08/1859