Birthdays
Elijah Babbitt
Turns 63 on this date
Luigi Palma di Cesnola
Turns 26 on this date
Thomas Corwin
Turns 64 on this date
Alvan Cullem Gillem
Turns 28 on this date
Matthew Henry Henderson
Turns 50 on this date
Henry C. Hitner
Turns 16 on this date
James Blair Steedman
Turns 41 on this date
Lemuel Todd
Turns 41 on this date
Events
| Dickinsonian | Former Dickinson College president Jeremiah Atwater dies, aged eighty-five | 07/29/1858 |
| Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln-Douglas campaign lasts from mid-June 1858 until January 1859 |
06/16/1858 to 01/05/1859 |
Documents
| Letter | Abraham Lincoln to Stephen Douglas, July 29, 1858 | 07/29/1858 |
| Newspaper | Charleston (SC) Mercury, "Douglas Tottering!," July 29, 1858 | 07/29/1858 |
| Letter | John Jordan Crittenden to Abraham Lincoln, July 29, 1858 | 07/29/1858 |
| Book | Recollection by Gustave Koerner, Lincoln-Douglas Debates |
07/10/1858 to 11/02/1858 |