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 |