Birthdays

Henry David Cooke
Turns 34 on this date

Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson
Turns 27 on this date

William Dennison Jr.
Turns 44 on this date

Henry Haverstick
Turns 52 on this date

Franklin Pierce
Turns 55 on this date

Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss
Turns 41 on this date

Theodore Dwight Weld
Turns 56 on this date
Events
Legal/Political | Juan Cortina publishes his second proclamation on Mexican-American rights in Brownsville, Texas | 11/23/1859 |
Legal/Political | Kentucky man sends Governor Wise the rope with which to hang John Brown | 11/23/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Herald, “Rebellion in Dickinson College,” November 23, 1859 | 11/23/1859 |