Birthdays
Alexander Sandor Asboth
Turns 49 on this date
George Dashiell Bayard
Turns 24 on this date
Jesse David Bright
Turns 47 on this date
John Mercer Brooke
Turns 33 on this date
Thomas Pleasant Dockery
Turns 26 on this date
Arnold Elzey
Turns 43 on this date
Charles Griffin
Turns 34 on this date
George Dennison Prentice
Turns 56 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |
| Slavery/Abolition | William Lloyd Garrison writes to a friend about the impact of John Brown's death. | 12/18/1859 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Herald, “The New York Herald in the South,” December 18, 1859 | 12/18/1859 |