Birthdays

Lawrence O'Bryan Branch
Turns 39 on this date

George Ticknor Curtis
Turns 47 on this date

Henry Clay Dallam
Turns 31 on this date

Benjamin Drew
Turns 47 on this date

Charles A. Ebert
Turns 24 on this date

Bryan Grimes Jr.
Turns 31 on this date

James Alfred Inness
Turns 39 on this date

Philip Myers
Turns 29 on this date

George Ellis Pugh
Turns 37 on this date
Events
US/the World | British sign treaty with Honduras concerning the Mosquito Coast | 11/28/1859 |
Legal/Political | President Buchanan rejects Virginia's call for federal forces to police neighboring states | 11/28/1859 |
Personal | Washington Irving dies at his home in Tarrytown, New York | 11/28/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | Fayetteville (NC) Observer, "Two Incendiaries Caught in Salisbury," November 28, 1859 | 11/28/1859 |
Letter | Lyman Trumbull to Abraham Lincoln, November 28, 1859 | 11/28/1859 |