Birthdays

Manning Ferguson Force
Turns 35 on this date

Joseph Henry
Turns 62 on this date

James Thadeus Holtzclaw
Turns 26 on this date

Samuel Jones
Turns 40 on this date

Frederick West Lander
Turns 38 on this date

John O'Neill
Turns 37 on this date

William Gaston Steele
Turns 39 on this date

Delia Ann Webster
Turns 42 on this date
Events
Crime/Disasters | Danish Royal Palace at Frederiksborg gutted by fire |
12/16/1859 to 12/17/1859 |
Slavery/Abolition | Georgia legislature passes law enabling the sale into slavery of free blacks indicted for vagrancy | 12/17/1859 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |
Documents
Newspaper | Atchison (KS) Freedom’s Champion, “The Admission of Kansas,” December 17, 1859 | 12/17/1859 |
Newspaper | Washington (DC) National Intelligencer, “The Carlisle Kidnapping Case,” December 17, 1859 | 12/17/1859 |