Daily Report

Friday, October 15, 1858

Birthdays

William Augustus Hall, circa 1864, detail

William Augustus Hall

43 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Charles F. Mayer

63 years old today

Irvin McDowell, detail

Irvin McDowell

40 years old today

Dinah Mendenhall, detail

Dinah Hannum Mendenhall

51 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

John Brown Parker

42 years old today

Haldimand Sumner Putnam, detail

Haldimand Sumner Putnam

23 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

George Philip Rhinehart

28 years old today

Thomas Lafayette Rosser, detail

Thomas Lafayette Rosser

22 years old today

Henry Harrison Walker, detail

Henry Harrison Walker

26 years old today

Events

Legal/Political	Stephen A. Douglas serves in the United States Senate	03/04/1847 to 06/03/1861
Legal/Political	Elihu Washburne serves in the United States House of Representatives	03/04/1853 to 03/06/1869
Legal/Political	Lyman Trumbull serves in the United States Senate	03/04/1855 to 03/03/1873
Legal/Political	Thomas Langrell Harris serves in the United States House of Representatives	03/04/1855 to 11/24/1858
Personal	Moncure Conway serves as minister at Unitarian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio	10/26/1856 to 01/01/1862

Documents

Newspaper	Quincy (IL) Whig, "Lincoln Gets Douglas Down!," October 15, 1858	10/15/1858
Newspaper	Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "The Quincy Debate," October 15, 1858	10/15/1858
Newspaper	Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "The Last of the Series," October 15, 1858	10/15/1858
Speech	Seventh Debate between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas at Alton, Illinois, October 15, 1858	10/15/1858
Newspaper	Chicago (IL) Times, “Sixth Great Debate,” October 15, 1858	10/15/1858