Birthdays

James Barton
Turns 22 on this date

Frederick P. Beidler
Turns 34 on this date

James Alexander Brandt
Turns 23 on this date

Levi Coffin
Turns 69 on this date

Anna Elizabeth Dickinson
Turns 16 on this date

Isaac Dillon
Turns 35 on this date

Dudley McIver Dubose
Turns 24 on this date

Theodore Stanford Garnett
Turns 14 on this date
Events
Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln-Douglas campaign lasts from mid-June 1858 until January 1859 |
06/16/1858 to 01/05/1859 |
Business/Industry | Rowland Hussey Macy opens his new New York City store for its first day of business and has takings of $11.06 | 10/28/1858 |
Documents
Letter | Alexander Kelly McClure to Eli Slifer, October 28, 1858 | 10/28/1858 |
Book | Recollection by Gustave Koerner, Lincoln-Douglas Debates |
07/10/1858 to 11/02/1858 |