Birthdays
James Asheton Bayard Jr.
Turns 59 on this date
Thomas Forster
Turns 46 on this date
James Henry Hammond
Turns 51 on this date
Robert Mallory
Turns 43 on this date
Thurlow Weed
Turns 61 on this date
Pierce Manning Butler Young
Turns 22 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
| Letter | Abraham Lincoln to Norman Buel Judd, November 15, 1858 | 11/15/1858 |
| Newspaper | New York Herald, “An Abolitionist in a Slave State,” November 15, 1858 | 11/15/1858 |
| Letter | Norman Buel Judd to Abraham Lincoln, November 15, 1858 | 11/15/1858 |