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 |