Birthdays
Jacob Miller Campbell
Turns 37 on this date
John Thomas Croxton
Turns 22 on this date
Gustave Philipp Koerner
Turns 49 on this date
Elijah Funk Pennypacker
Turns 54 on this date
Benjamin Franklin Perry
Turns 53 on this date
James Phelan
Turns 38 on this date
Samuel Henry Reynolds
Turns 26 on this date
Henry Marchmore Shaw
Turns 39 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 | Abraham Lincoln to Charles H. Ray, November 20, 1858 | 11/20/1858 |
| Newspaper | New York Times, “A Ghastly Policy,” November 20, 1858 | 11/20/1858 |
| Letter | Norman Buel Judd to Abraham Lincoln, November 20, 1858 | 11/20/1858 |