Birthdays

Warren Akin
Turns 48 on this date

Lewis Cass
Turns 77 on this date

William McKendree Gwin
Turns 54 on this date

John Jones Pettus
Turns 46 on this date

Mary Ann Shadd
Turns 36 on this date

George Sykes
Turns 37 on this date
Events
Foreign | Alfred Dreyfus, future French artillery officer and Devil's Island prisoner, is born in Alsace | 10/09/1859 |
Crime/Disasters | Passengers from the stricken steamer Quaker City landed safely in Norfolk, Virginia | 10/09/1859 |
Documents
Letter | Abraham Lincoln to Thomas Corwin, October 9, 1859 | 10/09/1859 |
Newspaper | Memphis (TN) Appeal, “Fremont’s Position,” October 9, 1859 | 10/09/1859 |