Birthdays

William Henry Boyd
Turns 33 on this date

Albert Brown Clarke
Turns 41 on this date

William Dwight
Turns 17 on this date

Nathaniel Lyon
Turns 40 on this date

Enoch Joyce Smithers
Turns 30 on this date
Events
Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln-Douglas campaign lasts from mid-June 1858 until January 1859 |
06/16/1858 to 01/05/1859 |
Legal/Political | Turkish admiral ends his visit to United States | 07/14/1858 |
Documents
Newspaper | Carlisle (PA) Herald, “Commencement Exercises,” July 14, 1858 | 07/14/1858 |
Newspaper | New York Times, "Presidential Candidates," July 14, 1858 | 07/14/1858 |
Book | Recollection by Gustave Koerner, Lincoln-Douglas Debates |
07/10/1858 to 11/02/1858 |