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 |