Daily Report

Sunday, August 29, 1858

Birthdays

Henry Bergh, detail

Henry Bergh

45 years old today

William Gannaway Brownlow, detail

William Gannaway Brownlow

53 years old today

Anna Ella Carroll, detail

Anna Ella Carroll

43 years old today

Cuvier Grover, detail

Cuvier Grover

30 years old today

Thomas Lawson, detail

Thomas Lawson

69 years old today

George Washington McCrary, Brady image, detail

George Washington McCrary

23 years old today

Richard Rush, detail

Richard Rush

78 years old today

Elijah Veirs White, circa 1895, detail

Elijah Veirs White

26 years old today

Frederick Enoch Woodbridge, detail

Frederick Enoch Woodbridge

40 years old today

Luke Edward Wright, detail

Luke Edward Wright

12 years old today

Events

Legal/Political	Stephen A. Douglas serves in the United States Senate	03/04/1847 to 06/03/1861
Legal/Political	Elihu Washburne serves in the United States House of Representatives	03/04/1853 to 03/06/1869
Legal/Political	Lyman Trumbull serves in the United States Senate	03/04/1855 to 03/03/1873
Legal/Political	Thomas Langrell Harris serves in the United States House of Representatives	03/04/1855 to 11/24/1858
Personal	Moncure Conway serves as minister at Unitarian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio	10/26/1856 to 01/01/1862

Documents

Newspaper	St. Louis (MO) Republican, “Let the Jubilee be General,” August 29, 1858	08/29/1858
Letter	Richard James Oglesby to Abraham Lincoln, August 29, 1858	08/29/1858