Birthdays
Judah Philip Benjamin
Turns 47 on this date
Francis Bicknell Carpenter
Turns 28 on this date
Samuel Powhatan Carter
Turns 39 on this date
Lewis William Foulke
Turns 49 on this date
John Perdue Gray
Turns 33 on this date
Thomas Charles Murphey
Turns 37 on this date
Susie King Taylor
Turns 10 on this date
Events
| Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln-Douglas campaign lasts from mid-June 1858 until January 1859 |
06/16/1858 to 01/05/1859 |
Documents
| Periodical | Boston (MA) Liberator, “Emancipation Day in Poughkeepsie,” August 6, 1858 | 08/06/1858 |
| Book | Recollection by Gustave Koerner, Lincoln-Douglas Debates |
07/10/1858 to 11/02/1858 |