Birthdays
Oran Milo Roberts
Turns 44 on this date
Wilbur Fisk Watkins
Turns 23 on this date
William Ryland Woodward
Turns 40 on this date
Events
| Slavery/Abolition | In Britain a legal judgment confirms that no British subject or company may own or sell slaves abroad | 07/09/1859 |
| Battles/Soldiers | Ninth U.S. Infantry troops under Captain George Picket occupy San Juan Island as the "Pig War" escalates | 07/09/1859 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The convention charged with creating a Kansas State Constitution is meeting in Wyandotte, Kansas |
07/06/1859 to 07/28/1859 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Cleveland (OH) Herald, “Another Jubilee [Jubilee] at Oberlin,” July 9, 1859 | 07/09/1859 |