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 |