Birthdays

William Woods Averell
Turns 27 on this date

Benjamin Franklin Butler
Turns 41 on this date

William H. Gray
Turns 54 on this date

Benjamin Chew Howard
Turns 68 on this date

John Duncan Mahon
Turns 63 on this date

Alexander Herritage Newton
Turns 22 on this date

Alphonso Taft
Turns 49 on this date

Isaac Toucey
Turns 67 on this date

Edward Dorr Tracy
Turns 26 on this date
Events
Crime/Disasters | Fire destroys part of central Bath in upstate New York | 11/05/1859 |
Legal/Political | John Copeland, African-American Harpers Ferry raider, convicted in Charlestown, Virginia | 11/05/1859 |
Business/Industry | Meeting in Kentucky protests the economic domination of the East Coast | 11/05/1859 |
Documents
Letter | Jonathan Worth to Edward Jones Hale, November 5, 1859 | 11/05/1859 |
Newspaper | New York Times, "The Brown Invasion Transplanted From Kansas," November 5, 1859 | 11/05/1859 |