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 |