Birthdays
Charles Benedict Calvert
Turns 50 on this date
Joseph Speed Conrad
Turns 25 on this date
Edward Crouch Humes
Turns 48 on this date
Events
| Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln-Douglas campaign lasts from mid-June 1858 until January 1859 |
06/16/1858 to 01/05/1859 |
| Crime/Disasters | Passenger ship bound for Australia catches fire in the South Atlantic, six hundred miles from land |
08/23/1858 to 08/24/1858 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "Great Debate Between Lincoln and Douglas At Ottawa," August 23, 1858 | 08/23/1858 |
| Newspaper | New York Times, "Meeting of Douglas and Lincoln," August 23, 1858 | 08/23/1858 |
| Book | Recollection by Gustave Koerner, Lincoln-Douglas Debates |
07/10/1858 to 11/02/1858 |
| Book | Recollection by John M. Palmer, Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1858 |
08/21/1858 to 10/15/1858 |