Birthdays

George William Bagby
Turns 31 on this date

Katherine Jane Chase
Turns 19 on this date

Charles G. Dahlgren
Turns 48 on this date

Lucy Stone
Turns 41 on this date
Events
Crime/Disasters | Inmate burns the Massachusetts State Reform School at Westboro to the ground | 08/13/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Times, “Senator Douglas on the Slave-Trade,” August 13, 1859 | 08/13/1859 |