Birthdays

Lewis Davis Campbell
Turns 49 on this date

Albert Troup Emory
Turns 39 on this date

John Merryman
Turns 36 on this date

William Morris Stewart
Turns 33 on this date

William Thomas Ward
Turns 52 on this date
Events
US/the World | Continuing his North American tour, the Prince of Wales is in Charlottetown on Prince Edward's Island |
08/09/1860 to 08/11/1860 |
Business/Industry | President Buchanan visits the British liner Great Eastern, anchored in Chesapeake Bay | 08/09/1860 |
Campaigns/Elections | South Carolina congressman calls for secession should Abraham Lincoln win the general election | 08/09/1860 |
Documents
Newspaper | Charlestown (VA) Free Press, "Precipitate A Revolution," August 9, 1860 | 08/09/1860 |
Newspaper | New York Herald, “The Ovations to the Prince of Wales,” August 9, 1860 | 08/09/1860 |
Newspaper | Ripley (OH) Bee, "The 'Irrepressible Conflict,'" August 9, 1860 | 08/09/1860 |