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 |