Birthdays
William Burton
Turns 69 on this date
John Francis Chaplain
Turns 34 on this date
Thomas Turpin Crittenden
Turns 33 on this date
William Howard Day
Turns 33 on this date
William Pitt Fessenden
Turns 52 on this date
James Hamilton
Turns 65 on this date
John Winfield Scott Kough
Turns 21 on this date
Francis Richard Lubbock
Turns 43 on this date
Isaac Murphy
Turns 55 on this date
Events
| Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln-Douglas campaign lasts from mid-June 1858 until January 1859 |
06/16/1858 to 01/05/1859 |
| Education/Culture | London based philanthropist George Peabody donates a further $200,000 to the Peabody Institute in Baltimore | 10/16/1858 |
| Business/Industry | Suffolk Bank announces its intention to end the Suffolk Banking System in force since 1824 | 10/16/1858 |
| 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
| Letter | Israel Whitney to William Still, October 16, 1858 | 10/16/1858 |
| Newspaper | Quincy (IL) Herald, “The Discussion of Wednesday,” October 16, 1858 | 10/16/1858 |
| Newspaper | Quincy (IL) Whig, "Disappointed," October 16, 1858 | 10/16/1858 |
| Book | Recollection by Gustave Koerner, Lincoln-Douglas Debates |
07/10/1858 to 11/02/1858 |