Birthdays
Joseph Bradford Carr
Turns 30 on this date
Henry Winter Davis
Turns 41 on this date
John Punchard Jewett
Turns 44 on this date
James Franklin Purvis
Turns 24 on this date
John Severn Tyler
Turns 18 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
| Letter | David Davis to Ozias Mather Hatch, August 16, 1858 | 08/16/1858 |
| Newspaper | New York Herald, “The Illinois Campaign,” August 16, 1858 | 08/16/1858 |
| Book | Recollection by Gustave Koerner, Lincoln-Douglas Debates |
07/10/1858 to 11/02/1858 |