Birthdays

Cravens Jordan Edgar
Turns 28 on this date

Edwin Cassander Manning
Turns 20 on this date

Daniel Marcy
Turns 49 on this date

Silas Horton Stringham
Turns 60 on this date

Preston Taylor
Turns 9 on this date
Events
Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln-Douglas campaign lasts from mid-June 1858 until January 1859 |
06/16/1858 to 01/05/1859 |
Foreign | Mexican liberals begin to advance westward towards Mexico City in hopes of winning the War of the Reform | 11/07/1858 |
Documents
Letter | David Davis to Abraham Lincoln, November 7, 1858 | 11/07/1858 |
Newspaper | New York Herald, “Douglas for the Presidency,” November 7, 1858 | 11/07/1858 |