Abraham Lincoln inaugurated as 16th President of 26 states.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
March 05, 1861 ~ Tuesday
5 March ^1861^
March 5. The Poney arived this morning bringing Expresses up to
26th Febuary also A letter From Capt Hooper up to the 15. He thinks we
shall have a daily mail & the pacific rail road Bill will become a law
this session Abel Lincoln had arived in Washington a plan was laid to
assinate him at Baltimore but he went through in disguise, the breach
between North & South is growing wider every day. I spent the day in
the office A. P. Rockwood came into the office & told his dream about
building a log cabin when all the logs were rotton & broke representing our
Government T Bullock wrote it down & the interpetation & put it on file
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Lincoln, Abraham
12 Feb 1809 - 15 Apr 1865
32 mentions
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Rockwood, Albert Perry
9 Jun 1805 - 26 Nov 1879
130 mentions
Bullock, Thomas
23 Dec 1816 - 10 Feb 1885
128 mentions
Hooper, William Henry
1812-1882
123 mentions
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News arrives in Utah of firing on Fort Sumter and the beginning of the Civil War.