Birthdays

George Lloyd Magruder
Turns 10 on this date

Joseph Benjamin Palmer
Turns 33 on this date

Mary Smith Kelsey Peake
Turns 35 on this date

Luke Potter Poland
Turns 43 on this date

John Radcliffe Smead
Turns 28 on this date

George Eliphaz Spencer
Turns 22 on this date

Gottfried Weitzel
Turns 23 on this date

Robert Wilson
Turns 55 on this date

George Helm Yeaman
Turns 29 on this date
Events
Legal/Political | A Reform Association is constituted in Baltimore to attempt to bring order to the city | 11/01/1858 |
Religion/Philosophy | All Saints Day | 11/01/1858 |
Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln-Douglas campaign lasts from mid-June 1858 until January 1859 |
06/16/1858 to 01/05/1859 |
Foreign | Queen Victoria is proclaimed throughout India as Queen; Lord Canning is to be the first Viceroy of India | 11/01/1858 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Herald, "Election Eve," November 1, 1858 | 11/01/1858 |
Book | Recollection by Gustave Koerner, Lincoln-Douglas Debates |
07/10/1858 to 11/02/1858 |