Birthdays

David Rice Atchison
Turns 52 on this date

James Horace Buckner
Turns 16 on this date

William Fletcher Perrie
Turns 26 on this date

Edward Salomon
Turns 31 on this date

Leonard Swett
Turns 34 on this date

Benjamin Ryan Tillman
Turns 12 on this date

Jeptha Homer Wade
Turns 48 on this date
Events
Education/Culture | The National Teacher's Association are meeting for their annual conference in Washington, DC | 08/11/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “The Slave Trade at the North,” August 11, 1859 | 08/11/1859 |