Birthdays
William Taylor Sullivan Barry
Turns 39 on this date
Zachariah Chandler
Turns 47 on this date
Thomas Casimer Devin
Turns 38 on this date
Emily Dickinson
Turns 30 on this date
William Lloyd Garrison
Turns 55 on this date
Robert Rankin Kirkland
Turns 40 on this date
David Allen Russell
Turns 40 on this date
Events
| Campaigns/Elections | Boston elects its first ever Democratic Party mayor | 12/10/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Naperville, Illinois, courtroom applauds as wife found innocent in sensational Chicago divorce case | 12/10/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 36th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/04/1860 to 03/02/1861 |
Documents
| Letter | Abraham Lincoln to Lyman Trumbull, December 10, 1860 | 12/10/1860 |
| Newspaper | Cleveland (OH) Herald, “Boy Mail Robber,” December 10, 1860 | 12/10/1860 |
| Newspaper | New York Herald, “Our Burdens for the Winter,” December 10, 1860 | 12/10/1860 |
| Newspaper | New York Herald, “The Crisis and Its Solution,” December 10, 1860 | 12/10/1860 |