Birthdays

James Dixon
Turns 45 on this date

Joseph Gordon Hamblen
Turns 15 on this date

James Bedell McKean
Turns 38 on this date

Carnot Posey
Turns 41 on this date

Duke Slavens
Turns 19 on this date

Thomas Weston Tipton
Turns 42 on this date

Erastus Wentworth
Turns 46 on this date
Events
Education/Culture | Advocates for women's rights meet in Poughkeepsie, New York | 08/05/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Times, “An Unwise Letter,” August 5, 1859 | 08/05/1859 |