Daily Report

Thursday, September 16, 1858

Birthdays

John Minor Botts

56 years old today

Waldo Porter Johnson

41 years old today

George Washington Lee

26 years old today

Samuel Preston Moore

45 years old today

Samuel Wesley Scrivener

34 years old today

Benjamin Franklin Stringfellow

42 years old today

Cornelius Van Cleef

59 years old today

Elijah Ward

42 years old today

David Flavell Woods

21 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	New York Times, “Opposition Ratification Meeting in Philadelphia,” September 16, 1858	09/16/1858
Letter	Abraham Lincoln to Elihu B. Washburne, September 16, 1858	09/16/1858
Letter	Abraham Lincoln to Martin P. Sweet, September 16, 1858	09/16/1858