Birthdays

Abraham Bruner
Turns 27 on this date

Thompson Prettyman Ege
Turns 23 on this date

William Joseph Hardee
Turns 43 on this date

Archibald McAllister
Turns 45 on this date

Agib Ricketts
Turns 24 on this date

Lyman Trumbull
Turns 45 on this date
Events
Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln-Douglas campaign lasts from mid-June 1858 until January 1859 |
06/16/1858 to 01/05/1859 |
Cultural | The highly influential Association for the Promotion of Social Science holds its second annual meeting in Liverpool, England |
10/12/1858 to 10/16/1858 |
Documents
Newspaper | (Springfield) Illinois State Register, "The Galesburg Debate," October 12, 1858 | 10/12/1858 |
Newspaper | Milwaukee (WI) Sentinel, “A Peep Behind the Curtain!,” October 12, 1858 | 10/12/1858 |
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 |