Birthdays

John Wesley Awl
Turns 28 on this date

Joseph Jackson Bartlett
Turns 26 on this date

Richard Brooke Garnett
Turns 43 on this date
Events
Business/Industry | As specie flows South, New York banks agree to work in concert to stabilize markets | 11/21/1860 |
Business/Industry | Financial disruption verges on panic and Virginia banks suspend specie payments |
11/21/1860 to 11/22/1860 |
Crime/Disasters | Fire devastates the small New Hampshire town of Laconia | 11/21/1860 |
US/the World | The French Empress relaxes in England and Scotland on a private visit | 11/21/1860 |
Documents
Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Tribune, "The Great Case," November 21, 1860 | 11/21/1860 |