Birthdays

Joseph Bradford Carr
Turns 31 on this date

Henry Winter Davis
Turns 42 on this date

John Punchard Jewett
Turns 45 on this date

James Franklin Purvis
Turns 25 on this date

John Severn Tyler
Turns 19 on this date
Events
Crime/Disasters | Mount Hood in Oregon in volcanic eruption |
08/15/1859 to 08/18/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | Charleston (SC) Mercury, “A Slave Code,” August 16, 1859 | 08/16/1859 |