Birthdays
James Gordon Bennett
Turns 63 on this date
James Campbell
Turns 46 on this date
Peter Cartwright
Turns 73 on this date
Dennis B. Clary
Turns 36 on this date
James Conner
Turns 29 on this date
John Edwin Cook
Turns 28 on this date
Isaac Hardin Duval
Turns 34 on this date
William Edward Finck
Turns 36 on this date
Events
| Foreign | East India Company rule in India ends and the Crown takes sole authority over British possessions on the sub-continent | 09/01/1858 |
| Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln-Douglas campaign lasts from mid-June 1858 until January 1859 |
06/16/1858 to 01/05/1859 |
| Crime/Disasters | Mob burns the New York State Quarantine buildings on Staten Island |
09/01/1858 to 09/02/1858 |
| Battles/Soldiers | U.S. Army units defeat a Native American force in the Battle of Four Lakes in Oregon | 09/01/1858 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "Douglas and Lincoln," September 1, 1858 | 09/01/1858 |
| Newspaper | New York Times, “A Telegraphic Bureau,” September 1, 1858 | 09/01/1858 |
| Letter | Norman Buel Judd to Abraham Lincoln, September, 1858 | 09/01/1858 |
| 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 |