Birthdays

Alexander Thomas Augusta
Turns 34 on this date

Grafton Marsh Bosley
Turns 34 on this date

Matthew Calbraith Butler
Turns 23 on this date

Simon Cameron
Turns 60 on this date

William Emory Deal
Turns 19 on this date

John Henry Grabill
Turns 20 on this date

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Turns 18 on this date

David Smith Terry
Turns 36 on this date
Frank Wilkeson
Turns 11 on this date
Events
Lawmaking/Litigating | Federal Judge John Cradlebaugh opens grand jury hearings in Provo, Utah on the Mountain Meadows Massacre | 03/08/1859 |
Education/Culture | Kenneth Grahame, author of "The Wind in the Willows," born in Edinburgh | 03/08/1859 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The Senate of the United States is sitting in a week long special session in Washington, DC |
03/05/1859 to 03/09/1859 |
Personal | U.S. Postmaster-General Aaron V. Brown dies in office in Washington, DC | 03/08/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | Charleston (SC) Mercury, "Slave Stealing in Missouri," March 8, 1859 | 03/08/1859 |