When Rachel Lucenia Pratt was born on 17 November 1847, in Cambridge, Washington, New York, United States, her father, Hiram Harrison Pratt, was 34 and her mother, Huldah Dickinson, was 32. She had at least 1 son with Milton Whitney. She lived in Homer, Calhoun, Michigan, United States in 1850 and Butler, Butler Township, Branch, Michigan, United States for about 20 years. She died on 19 December 1915, in Clarendon, Calhoun, Michigan, United States, at the age of 68.
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A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
English: nickname for a clever trickster, from Middle English prat(te), pret ‘cunning, wily, astute’ (a derivative of Old English præt, pret ‘trickery, deception’, which is found in use as a byname in the 11th century). This surname is quite common in southeastern Ireland.
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