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