Birthdays

Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen
Turns 41 on this date

William Leonard Helfenstein
Turns 53 on this date

Henry Washington Hilliard
Turns 50 on this date

George Proctor Kane
Turns 41 on this date

Abraham J. Labagh
Turns 53 on this date

William H. Mathews
Turns 9 on this date

Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton
Turns 35 on this date

Robert Purvis
Turns 48 on this date

Charles Roome
Turns 46 on this date
Events
Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln-Douglas campaign lasts from mid-June 1858 until January 1859 |
06/16/1858 to 01/05/1859 |
Foreign | Queen Victoria visits France |
08/04/1858 to 08/05/1858 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Times, "Political Items," August 4, 1858 | 08/04/1858 |
Letter | Owen Lovejoy to Abraham Lincoln, August 4, 1858 | 08/04/1858 |
Book | Recollection by Gustave Koerner, Lincoln-Douglas Debates |
07/10/1858 to 11/02/1858 |