Birthdays

John Adams
Turns 35 on this date

Cornelius Fletcher Barnes
Turns 21 on this date

John Milton Brannan
Turns 41 on this date

Brutus Junius Clay
Turns 52 on this date

Josiah Gorgas
Turns 42 on this date

Ernest Dudley Martin
Turns 17 on this date

Solomon Northup
Turns 52 on this date

Henry Reed Rathbone
Turns 23 on this date
Events
Personal | Charles Goodyear dies a poor man in New York City | 07/01/1860 |
Religion/Philosophy | Discussing Italian current affairs, Archbishop Hughes of New York defends the Pope and the Papal States | 07/01/1860 |
Science/Technology | The giant steamship "Great Eastern" causes a sensation on the New York Docks | 07/01/1860 |
Documents
Letter | James O. Putnam to Leonard Swett, copied in Swett to Abraham Lincoln, July 1860 | 07/01/1860 |
Newspaper | New York Herald, “The California Mails,” July 1, 1860 | 07/01/1860 |