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Birthdays

William Daily Clayton

1838-12-21 - 1908-01-01

Daniel Gibbons

1775-12-21 - 1852-08-17

Jonathan Perry Harrison

1829-12-21 - 1890-01-01

Anthony Kennedy

1810-12-21 - 1892-07-31

Samuel Alexander Mudd

1833-12-21 - 1883-01-10

Robert Barnwell Rhett

1800-12-21 - 1876-09-14

James Sewall Thomas

1831-12-21 - 1917-01-15

William Wright

1788-12-21 - 1865-10-10

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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

Letter	John Thompson to William Still, December 21, 1860	12/21/1860
Diary	Diary of Mary Boykin Chesnut, December 21, 1860	12/21/1860
Newspaper	Newark (OH) Advocate, "Suffering in New York," December 21, 1860	12/21/1860