New Year issue... Purchase of Mount Vernon...
Item # 172220
January 01, 1859
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 1, 1859 Half front page illustration 'I Wish You a Happy New Year' accompanies the poem of the same title. Written text on the purchasing of Mount Vernon. Full page illustrations entitled: 'New Year's Day In New York 1859'; "New-Year's Day in New Amsterdam in the Old Dutch Times"; "Divine Service Being Held in the Academy of Music at New York on Sunday Evenings"; "Divine Service being Performed in St. Paul's, London, England, for the First Time". A quarter page print of "The 'Great Eastern' Lying At Here Moorings, December 1858" with a small accompanying article.
The issue is complete in 16 pages, in good condition, and contains additional prints and related text. See photos for details.
The issue is complete in 16 pages, in good condition, and contains additional prints and related text. See photos for details.
Category: 1857-1860















