Birthdays

Arthur Pendleton Bagby
Turns 26 on this date

Joseph Conrad
Turns 31 on this date

Charles Henry Kalbfus
Turns 25 on this date

Joseph Warren Revere
Turns 47 on this date

Bayard Wilkeson
Turns 15 on this date
Events
Slavery/Abolition | A commercial convention focusing on the slave trade is meeting in Vicksburg, Mississippi |
05/10/1859 to 05/18/1859 |
Foreign | In Paris, the French Loan called to fund with Austria is massively over-subscribed | 05/17/1859 |
Business/Industry | The Southern Commercial Convention is meeting in Vicksburg, Mississippi with slavery high on the agenda |
05/09/1859 to 05/19/1859 |
Documents
Letter | Abraham Lincoln to Theodore Canisius, May 17, 1859 | 05/17/1859 |
Newspaper | New York Times, “Democratic Preparations for 1860,” May 17, 1859 | 05/17/1859 |