Birthdays
John Stevens Bowen
Turns 28 on this date
Roscoe Conkling
Turns 29 on this date
Henry Laurens Dawes
Turns 42 on this date
Lucy McKim Garrison
Turns 16 on this date
John Officer Proctor
Turns 40 on this date
James Samuel Wadsworth
Turns 51 on this date
Addison O. Whitney
Turns 19 on this date
Events
| Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln-Douglas campaign lasts from mid-June 1858 until January 1859 |
06/16/1858 to 01/05/1859 |
Documents
| Letter | Chester P. Dewey to Abraham Lincoln, October 30, 1858 | 10/30/1858 |
| Newspaper | New York Times, “Yellow Fever in New Orleans,” October 30, 1858 | 10/30/1858 |
| Book | Recollection by Gustave Koerner, Lincoln-Douglas Debates |
07/10/1858 to 11/02/1858 |