Birthdays
John Miller Dickey
Turns 54 on this date
William Anderson Handley
Turns 26 on this date
Franklin Benjamin Sanborn
Turns 29 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | Philadelphia's mayor instructed to transmit recent city resolutions for conciliation to South Carolina | 12/15/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 36th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/04/1860 to 03/02/1861 |
Documents
| Letter | Abraham Lincoln to John A. Gilmer, December 15, 1860 | 12/15/1860 |
| Newspaper | Bangor (ME) Whig and Courier, “What Will Texas Do?,” December 15, 1860 | 12/15/1860 |
| Newspaper | Charleston (SC) Mercury, "Georgia Legislation," December 15, 1860 | 12/15/1860 |
| Newspaper | Cleveland (OH) Herald, “What the South Intends to do on the Fourth of March,” December 15, 1860 | 12/15/1860 |
| Newspaper | New York Times, “The Toronto Fugitive Slave Case,” December 15, 1860 | 12/15/1860 |