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 |