Birthdays

Thomas Samuel Ashe
Turns 47 on this date

Henry Lewis Baugher
Turns 55 on this date

Mary Ann Ball Bickerdyke
Turns 42 on this date

Samuel Colt
Turns 45 on this date

John Irvin Gregg
Turns 33 on this date

Isaac R. Merrill
Turns 45 on this date

Roger Atkinson Pryor
Turns 31 on this date

Lemuel Snively
Turns 25 on this date

Robert John Walker
Turns 58 on this date
Events
Lawmaking/Litigating | Nevada delegates meet to frame a constitution for their unorganized territory |
07/18/1859 to 07/27/1859 |
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 | Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Arrest of Horse-Thieves,” July 19, 1859 | 07/19/1859 |