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Birthdays

Alexander Cummings

1810-11-17 - 1879-06-01

Joseph Finegan

1814-11-17 - 1885-10-29

Norman Hall

1829-11-17 - 1917-09-29

Francis Jackson Merriam

1837-11-17 - 1865-11-28

John Anthony Nicholson

1827-11-17 - 1906-11-04

Stephen Hinsdale Weed

1831-11-17 - 1863-07-02

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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	Cleveland (OH) Herald, “The Reign of Terror in Georgia,” November 17, 1860	11/17/1860
Newspaper	Chicago (IL) Tribune, "An Honest Confession," November 17, 1860	11/17/1860