Birthdays
Laurence Simmons Baker
Turns 29 on this date
Thomas Leonidas Crittenden
Turns 40 on this date
Richard Schell
Turns 49 on this date
Jacob Thompson
Turns 49 on this date
Julia Ann Toombs
Turns 46 on this date
Isaac Ridgeway Trimble
Turns 57 on this date
Events
| Slavery/Abolition | A commercial convention focusing on the slave trade is meeting in Vicksburg, Mississippi |
05/10/1859 to 05/18/1859 |
| Cultural | Horace Greeley arrives in Kansas on his tour of the West | 05/15/1859 |
| Business/Industry | The Southern Commercial Convention is meeting in Vicksburg, Mississippi with slavery high on the agenda |
05/09/1859 to 05/19/1859 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Herald, “The Condition of the Streets,” May 15, 1859 | 05/15/1859 |