Birthdays

Isaac Cook
Turns 46 on this date

David G. Eshleman
Turns 43 on this date

Reuben Eaton Fenton
Turns 40 on this date

Stephen Foster
Turns 33 on this date

Daniel Chevilette Govan
Turns 30 on this date

Nathaniel Hawthorne
Turns 55 on this date

George Latimer
Turns 40 on this date

William Porcher Miles
Turns 37 on this date

James Johnston Pettigrew
Turns 31 on this date
Documents
Newspaper | Bangor (ME) Whig and Courier, “The Douglas Manifesto,” July 4, 1859 | 07/04/1859 |
Newspaper | Washington (DC) National Intelligencer, “Railroad Disasters,” July 4, 1859 | 07/04/1859 |