Birthdays
James Iverson Boswell
Turns 22 on this date
William Cullen Bryant
Turns 65 on this date
John Esten Cooke
Turns 29 on this date
Joseph Franklin Culver
Turns 25 on this date
Ignatius Loyola Donnelly
Turns 28 on this date
Jubal Anderson Early
Turns 43 on this date
Calvin Fairbank
Turns 44 on this date
Samuel Wragg Ferguson
Turns 25 on this date
Thomas Muldrup Logan
Turns 19 on this date
Events
| US/the World | Abundant Canadian harvest celebrated with a day of thanksgiving across the country | 11/03/1859 |
| Crime/Disasters | Another large fire strikes New Orleans leaving five hundred homeless | 11/03/1859 |
| Crime/Disasters | Fire destroys large cotton mill in Concord, New Hampshire | 11/03/1859 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, "Black Republican Ingratitude," November 3, 1859 | 11/03/1859 |
| Newspaper | Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, "Conviction of Brown!," November 3, 1859 | 11/03/1859 |
| Newspaper | Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, "Tenderly Sensitive," November 3, 1859 | 11/03/1859 |
| Newspaper | Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, "The Underground Railroad," November 3, 1859 | 11/03/1859 |
| Newspaper | Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, "Trial of Brown, the Insurgent," November 3, 1859 | 11/03/1859 |
| Newspaper | Fayetteville (NC) Observer, "A Good Sign," November 3, 1859 | 11/03/1859 |
| Letter | William Donar to William Still, November 3, 1859 | 11/03/1859 |