Birthdays

George Bancroft
Turns 58 on this date

John Arthur Campbell
Turns 35 on this date

Edward Henry Rollins
Turns 34 on this date

John Ross
Turns 68 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
Newspaper | (St. Louis) Missouri Republican, “The Great Overland Mail,” October 3, 1858 | 10/03/1858 |
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 |