Birthdays

Kinsley Scott Bingham
Turns 49 on this date

John Snyder Carlile
Turns 40 on this date

Alfred Creigh
Turns 47 on this date

John Ewen
Turns 49 on this date

Samuel Garland Jr.
Turns 27 on this date

Robert Selden Garnett
Turns 38 on this date

Henry Heth
Turns 32 on this date

Myer Strouse
Turns 32 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, “Shocking Murder by a Female Slave,” December 16, 1857 | 12/16/1857 |