Birthdays

John Stevens Bowen
Turns 29 on this date

Roscoe Conkling
Turns 30 on this date

Henry Laurens Dawes
Turns 43 on this date

Lucy McKim Garrison
Turns 17 on this date

John Officer Proctor
Turns 41 on this date

James Samuel Wadsworth
Turns 52 on this date

Addison O. Whitney
Turns 20 on this date
Events
Lawmaking/Litigating | John Brown stands trial in Charlestown, Virginia |
10/27/1859 to 10/31/1859 |
Personal | John Young Mason buried in Richmond, Virginia | 10/30/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Herald, “Political Excitement on the Rise,” October 30, 1859 | 10/30/1859 |