The "165 Years Ago" series is going to weekly videos, with voice narration. This week in 1859: US Senator Jefferson Davis & the Pacific Railroad; Ohio Governor Salmon P. Chase gives his State of the Union address; John Brown writes to major newspapers about his recent actions; the new Indian Head Cent is in distribution; William T. Sherman is unhappy in Leavenworth, Kansas; and future suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt is born.
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