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 |