Birthdays

James Crook
Turns 23 on this date

Stephen Elliott
Turns 29 on this date

Arthur Middleton Manigault
Turns 35 on this date

Thomas Peck Ochiltree
Turns 20 on this date

Lorenzo Thomas
Turns 55 on this date
Events
Lawmaking/Litigating | John Brown and his fellow prisoners are held at Charlestown pending trial before a Virginia court | 10/26/1859 |
Crime/Disasters | Massive storms batter the western coast of the British Isles and cause hundreds of deaths |
10/25/1859 to 10/26/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | Carlisle (PA) American, “Arrest of a Supposed ‘Harper’s Ferry Insurrectionist,’” October 26, 1859 | 10/26/1859 |
Letter | Lydia Maria Child to Henry Alexander Wise, October 26, 1859 | 10/26/1859 |
Letter | Lydia Maria Child to John Brown, October 26, 1859 | 10/26/1859 |
Letter | Ralph Waldo Emerson to Sarah Hathaway Forbes, October 26, 1859 | 10/26/1859 |