Birthdays

John Minor Botts
Turns 56 on this date

Waldo Porter Johnson
Turns 41 on this date

George Washington Lee
Turns 26 on this date

Samuel Preston Moore
Turns 45 on this date

Samuel Wesley Scrivener
Turns 34 on this date

Benjamin Franklin Stringfellow
Turns 42 on this date

Cornelius Van Cleef
Turns 59 on this date

Elijah Ward
Turns 42 on this date

David Flavell Woods
Turns 21 on this date
Events
Foreign | Andrew Bonar Law, future British Prime Minister, is born in Canada | 09/16/1858 |
Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln-Douglas campaign lasts from mid-June 1858 until January 1859 |
06/16/1858 to 01/05/1859 |
Business/Industry | The first overland mail for California leaves St. Louis for San Francisco | 09/16/1858 |
Documents
Letter | Abraham Lincoln to Elihu B. Washburne, September 16, 1858 | 09/16/1858 |
Letter | Abraham Lincoln to Martin P. Sweet, September 16, 1858 | 09/16/1858 |
Newspaper | New York Times, “Opposition Ratification Meeting in Philadelphia,” September 16, 1858 | 09/16/1858 |
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 |