Birthdays

Henry Howland Crapo
Turns 56 on this date

Thomas Hope Harvey
Turns 16 on this date

Hermann Lieb
Turns 34 on this date

William Patrick Willey
Turns 20 on this date
Events
Business/Industry | Second annual meeting of the American Life Underwriter's Convention meets in New York City |
05/23/1860 to 05/24/1860 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |
Slavery/Abolition | U.S. Government contracts with American Colonization Society to transport rescued African slaves to Liberia | 05/24/1860 |
US/the World | Visiting Japanese diplomats tour the Washington Naval Yard | 05/24/1860 |
Documents
Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Going – Going – Gone!,” May 24, 1860 | 05/24/1860 |
Newspaper | Ripley (OH) Bee, “The Candidates,” May 24, 1860 | 05/24/1860 |