Historic Newspapers: February 1, 1862
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 1, 1862 The full front page has two prints: "Destruction of a Schooner off Cumberland Inlet, Georgia, by the boats of the 'Alabama'" and "The Pirate 'Sumter' Firing at the Brig 'Joseph Parks' of Boston".
Inside has a full page print with 8 images of: "War Scenes On Green River, Kentucky" and other fullpg. prints: "Embarkation of General M'Clernand's Brigade at Cairo--The Advance of the Great Mississippi Expedition" and "Commander Porter's Mortar Flotilla"…
BROUGHTON'S MONTHLY PLANET READER AND ASTROLOGICAL JOURNAL, Philadelphia, Feb. 1, 1862
* Uncommon title
* Astrology - Horoscope
A fascinating and very unusual newspaper of small-size themed on predicting what would happen in the future as well as astrology and phrenology. The "science" of phrenology believed that a person's intelligence & personality were a factor of the shape of their skull.
The ftpg. has: "Prognostic Astronomy: Astro-Phrenology" and a portrait of Stephen Douglass, as…
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