Birthdays

Lloyd Aspinwall
Turns 25 on this date

William McKee Dunn
Turns 45 on this date

Robert James Harlan
Turns 43 on this date

Ebon Clark Ingersoll
Turns 47 on this date

Jesse Lazear
Turns 55 on this date

Dr. Andrew Nebinger
Turns 40 on this date

Caleb Sipple Pennewill
Turns 28 on this date

Edwina Moss Nelms Reagan
Turns 27 on this date
Events
Slavery/Abolition | Dion Boucicault's controversial play about slavery opens at the Winter Garden Theater in New York City | 12/12/1859 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | Senator Gwin of California hints in the Senate that his state could join the South if the Union breaks up | 12/12/1859 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |
Campaigns/Elections | Whig Frederick Walker Lincoln, Jr. re-elected Mayor of Boston | 12/12/1859 |
Documents
Letter | Frances Watkins Harper to William Still, December 12, 1859 | 12/12/1859 |
Letter | William T. Sherman to Ellen Sherman, December 12, 1859 | 12/12/1859 |