Birthdays

Lloyd Aspinwall
Turns 23 on this date

William McKee Dunn
Turns 43 on this date

Robert James Harlan
Turns 41 on this date

Ebon Clark Ingersoll
Turns 45 on this date

Jesse Lazear
Turns 53 on this date

Dr. Andrew Nebinger
Turns 38 on this date

Caleb Sipple Pennewill
Turns 26 on this date

Edwina Moss Nelms Reagan
Turns 25 on this date
Events
Legal/Political | The 35th Congress is in session in Washington, DC during December, 1857 before its holiday recess |
12/08/1857 to 12/22/1857 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Times, “Escape of Negroes,” December 12, 1857 | 12/12/1857 |