Birthdays

William Waters Boyce
Turns 40 on this date

Noah Brooks
Turns 28 on this date

Daniel Clark
Turns 49 on this date

John Moncure Daniel
Turns 33 on this date

John Edwards
Turns 43 on this date

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale
Turns 70 on this date

John Hancock
Turns 34 on this date

Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood
Turns 28 on this date

Eugenia Levy Phillips
Turns 39 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 Circus,” October 24, 1858 | 10/24/1858 |
Book | Recollection by Gustave Koerner, Lincoln-Douglas Debates |
07/10/1858 to 11/02/1858 |