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Item # 172184

August 28, 1858

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, NY, August 28, 1858  The full front page shows the 'The Burning of the City Hall, New York, August 18, 1858' showing firemen with hoses in the foreground. Inside has four illustrations on 'The Atlantic Telegraph' and the laying of the cable. A text article "The Transatlantic Message" is also on the inside page of this issue. A full page illustration of 'The Massacre of St. Bartholomew, August 24, 1572'. The back page contains cartoons.
Complete in 16 pages, in good condition as shown and contains additional prints and related text.

Category: 1857-1860