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February 16, 1861 ~ Saturday

16 I spent most of the day in the Endowment House, the Evening I spent
at a party at Brother Smoots

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Seven Southern states secede from Union. (Confederacy includes 15 states and territories by 1862.)

inaugurated as 16th President of 26 states.