News in Connecticut, Stowe’s birthplace:
- Temperatures this weekend ranged from 1-4 degrees below zero.
- The Hartford Courant was preparing for it’s 89th year in print. (The Hartford Courant holds the title of “America’s oldest continuously published newspaper”)
- The first Fugitive Case in Connecticut was held: Three runaway apprentices from New York were brought in front of US Commissioner Charles R. Ingersoll after a complaint by a Mr. John Russell, stating that they were bound to serve him. A certificate was given to Mr. Russell and the apprentices were returned to New York in accordance with the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
National News:
- A devastating fire at the Library of Congress destroyed over 35,000 books, including two-thirds of Jefferson’s collection.
International News:
- Louis Napoleon continued to lead a revolution in France. He made an appeal to the people and the army to vote for a new Constitution.
Uncle Tom's Cabin in the National Era 
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