Birthdays
Alexander Cummings
Turns 49 on this date
Joseph Finegan
Turns 45 on this date
Norman Hall
Turns 30 on this date
Francis Jackson Merriam
Turns 22 on this date
John Anthony Nicholson
Turns 32 on this date
Stephen Hinsdale Weed
Turns 28 on this date
Events
| Legal/Political | Burning haystack panics Virginians anticipating an attempt to rescue John Brown | 11/17/1859 |
| Crime/Disasters | Deadly fire burns overnight in Atlanta, Georgia |
11/16/1859 to 11/17/1859 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, "Reward for Fugitive Insurgents," November 17, 1859 | 11/17/1859 |
| Newspaper | Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, "Trial of the Harper's Ferry Insurgents," November 17, 1859 | 11/17/1859 |
| Newspaper | Fayetteville (NC) Observer, "Brown's Gang," November 17, 1859 | 11/17/1859 |
| Newspaper | Savannah (GA) News, “Incendiarism in the South,” November 17, 1859 | 11/17/1859 |