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 |