Birthdays

James Dixon
Turns 43 on this date

Joseph Gordon Hamblen
Turns 13 on this date

James Bedell McKean
Turns 36 on this date

Carnot Posey
Turns 39 on this date

Duke Slavens
Turns 17 on this date

Thomas Weston Tipton
Turns 40 on this date

Erastus Wentworth
Turns 44 on this date
Events
Legal/Political | Lincoln begins organizing for Senate campaign | 08/05/1857 |
Documents
Letter | Abraham Lincoln to B. Clarke Lundy, August 5, 1857 | 08/05/1857 |
Newspaper | New York Times, “Tragical Affair in Chester Country, Pa.,” August 5, 1857 | 08/05/1857 |