Birthdays

John Minor Botts
Turns 57 on this date

Waldo Porter Johnson
Turns 42 on this date

George Washington Lee
Turns 27 on this date

Samuel Preston Moore
Turns 46 on this date

Samuel Wesley Scrivener
Turns 35 on this date

Benjamin Franklin Stringfellow
Turns 43 on this date

Cornelius Van Cleef
Turns 60 on this date

Elijah Ward
Turns 43 on this date

David Flavell Woods
Turns 22 on this date
Events
Crime/Disasters | California Senator David Broderick dies of a wound received in a duel three days earlier over slavery in the state | 09/16/1859 |
Science/Technology | David Livingstone discovers Lake Nyasa in central Africa | 09/16/1859 |
Business/Industry | National Agricultural Fair in Chicago, Illinois |
09/12/1859 to 09/17/1859 |
Documents
Speech | Abraham Lincoln, Speech at Columbus, Ohio, September 16, 1859 | 09/16/1859 |
Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Greeley as an Orator,” September 16, 1859 | 09/16/1859 |