Birthdays
William Gay Brown Sr.
Turns 58 on this date
Frances Adeline Seward
Turns 53 on this date
Thomas Coke Sharp
Turns 40 on this date
Adolf Wilhelm August Friedrich Steinwehr
Turns 36 on this date
John Renshaw Thomson
Turns 58 on this date
William Carlisle Wilson
Turns 29 on this date
Thomas John Wood
Turns 35 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 Abraham Lincoln, September 25, 1858 | 09/25/1858 |
| Newspaper | New York Times, “Expansion of Russia,” September 25, 1858 | 09/25/1858 |
| 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 |