Birthdays
Chapman Vinson Brooks
Turns 35 on this date
George Walker Crawford
Turns 59 on this date
William Lambert Gooding
Turns 6 on this date
Josiah Bushnell Grinnell
Turns 36 on this date
Paul Octave Hébert
Turns 39 on this date
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Turns 34 on this date
David James Holmes
Turns 27 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, “A New York Slaver Arrived at Norfolk,” December 22, 1857 | 12/22/1857 |