Birthdays
Lucien Bonaparte Caswell
Turns 32 on this date
Ebenezer Dumont
Turns 45 on this date
Frances Anne Kemble
Turns 50 on this date
Ralph Phillips Lowe
Turns 54 on this date
Hugh Weedon Mercer
Turns 51 on this date
John Leake Newbold Stratton
Turns 42 on this date
Events
| Legal/Political | John Brown writes a letter of farewell to his sisters from his cell in Charlestown, Virginia | 11/27/1859 |
| Religion/Philosophy | New Anglican Cathedral in Montreal holds its first service | 11/27/1859 |
| Religion/Philosophy | The Board of Delegates of American Israelites meets for the first time in New York City | 11/27/1859 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Herald, “A Suggestion to Governor Wise About Old Brown,” November 27, 1859 | 11/27/1859 |