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Birthdays

Alexander Sandor Asboth

1810-12-18 - 1868-01-21

George Dashiell Bayard

1835-12-18 - 1862-12-14

Jesse David Bright

1812-12-18 - 1875-05-20

John Mercer Brooke

1826-12-18 - 1906-12-14

Thomas Pleasant Dockery

1833-12-18 - 1898-02-27

Arnold Elzey

1816-12-18 - 1871-02-21

Charles Griffin

1825-12-18 - 1867-09-15

George Dennison Prentice

1803-12-18 - 1870-01-22

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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	Fugitives in Canada	12/18/1860
Newspaper	Personal Liberty Law of Virginia	12/18/1860
Newspaper	Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, “Compromise Projects,” December 18, 1860	12/18/1860
Letter	Abraham Lincoln to Henry J. Raymond, December 18, 1860	12/18/1860