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 |