Birthdays
Elijah Babbitt
Turns 65 on this date
Luigi Palma di Cesnola
Turns 28 on this date
Thomas Corwin
Turns 66 on this date
Alvan Cullem Gillem
Turns 30 on this date
Matthew Henry Henderson
Turns 52 on this date
Henry C. Hitner
Turns 18 on this date
James Blair Steedman
Turns 43 on this date
Lemuel Todd
Turns 43 on this date
Events
| Campaigns/Elections | From Missouri, Carl Schurz writes to his wife of his success in winning German-born voters to the Republican side | 07/29/1860 |
| Education/Culture | In Little Rock, Arkansas, feuding newspaper editor "plays the race card" against his part Cherokee rival | 07/29/1860 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Herald, “Alleged Fugitive Slave Case in Philadelphia,” July 29, 1860 | 07/29/1860 |