Birthdays

Solon Borland
Turns 48 on this date

Samuel Prigg Carroll
Turns 27 on this date

John Conness
Turns 38 on this date

Michael Corcoran
Turns 32 on this date

Albert Hazlett
Turns 22 on this date

Austin Augustus King
Turns 57 on this date

Charles Joseph Little
Turns 19 on this date

Augustus Emmett Maxwell
Turns 39 on this date

Abram Baldwin Olin
Turns 51 on this date
Events
Science/Technology | Mystery of the disappearance of the Franklin Expedition a decade before solved | 09/21/1859 |
Documents
Letter | Abraham Lincoln to Salmon Portland Chase, September 21, 1859 | 09/21/1859 |
Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Lincoln on Douglas,” September 21, 1859 | 09/21/1859 |
Newspaper | New York Times, “Gen. Scott’s Mission,” September 21, 1859 | 09/21/1859 |