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Type	Date Span	Title
Campaigns/Elections	Fri, August 27, 1858	Lincoln and Douglas hold their second debate in Freeport, Illinois
Legal/Political	Fri, August 27, 1858	Captured American slaveship arrives in Charleston Harbor with 318 slaves aboard
Personal	Sat, August 28, 1858	William Fitzhugh Gordon, former Congressman from Virginia, dies in Albemarle County, Virginia
Legal/Political	Sun, August 29, 1858	The 318 slaves from a captured American slave ship are landed at Castle Pinckney, in Charleston Harbor
Foreign	Wed, September 1, 1858	East India Company rule in India ends and the Crown takes sole authority over British possessions on the sub-continent
Battles/Soldiers	Wed, September 1, 1858	U.S. Army units defeat a Native American force in the Battle of Four Lakes in Oregon
Crime/Disasters	Wed, September 1, 1858 - Thu, September 2, 1858	Mob burns the New York State Quarantine buildings on Staten Island
Cultural	Fri, September 3, 1858	The American chess player, Paul Charles Morphy, puts on a demonstration of his skill in Paris
Crime/Disasters	Fri, September 3, 1858	Louisiana Vigilance Committee forces disperse massed "Anti-Vigilance" outlaws at Bayou Tortue
Battles/Soldiers	Tue, September 7, 1858	Governor King declares Richmond County, New York in a state of insurrection
Slavery/Abolition	Mon, September 13, 1858	Fugitive slave John Price arrested in Oberlin, Ohio but freed by a anti-slavery mob in nearby Wellington
Crime/Disasters	Mon, September 13, 1858	German steamship bound from Hamburg to New York burns at sea with heavy loss of life
Education/Culture	Mon, September 13, 1858	Annual New Jersey State Fair opens near Elizabethtown
Personal	Wed, September 15, 1858	Augustus Drum, former congressman from Pennsylvania, dies at his home in Westmoreland County
Crime/Disasters	Wed, September 15, 1858	Yellow Fever epidemic declared in Mobile, Alabama
Campaigns/Elections	Wed, September 15, 1858	Lincoln and Douglas hold their third debate in Jonesboro, Illinois
Foreign	Thu, September 16, 1858	Andrew Bonar Law, future British Prime Minister, is born in Canada
Business/Industry	Thu, September 16, 1858	The first overland mail for California leaves St. Louis for San Francisco
Education/Culture	Fri, September 17, 1858	The Boston Public Library moves into its new building in Boylston Street
Campaigns/Elections	Fri, September 17, 1858	Lincoln and Douglas arrive in Mattoon, Illinois
Slavery/Abolition	Fri, September 17, 1858	Dred Scott dies in St. Louis, Missouri
Campaigns/Elections	Sat, September 18, 1858	Lincoln and Douglas hold their fourth debate in Charleston, Illinois
Slavery/Abolition	Mon, September 20, 1858	The U.S.S. Niagara sails from Charleston for Liberia carrying the Africans freed from the slave ship Echo
Legal/Political	Thu, September 23, 1858	The Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina declares a day of fasting
Science/Technology	Thu, September 23, 1858	First day of Autumn
Crime/Disasters	Wed, September 29, 1858	Ammunition dump explodes in Cuba, killing dozens and destroying a large area of Havana
Foreign	Wed, September 29, 1858	Miguel Miramón wins a clear victory over liberals at the battle of Ahualulco de los Pinos in north-central Mexico
Battles/Soldiers	Fri, October 1, 1858	Second Cavalry under Captain Earl Van Dorn battles with Comanche Indians at Wichita Village in Indian Territory
Campaigns/Elections	Thu, October 7, 1858	Lincoln and Douglas hold their fifth debate in Galesburg, Illinois
Business/Industry	Sat, October 9, 1858	The first overland mail from California arrives in St. Louis, twenty-five days out from San Francisco