Celebrating the Declaration of Independence...
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 3, 1897 Full front page illus. of "Jefferson Reading the Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence to Franklin."
Inside is a 1/2 pg. illus. of "Meeting of the Eighteenth National Saengerfest, At Philadelphia, June 21-26." Full pg. illus. of "The Reunion of Confederate Veterans at the Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition, June 22-24."
Doublepage centerfold of "Reading the Declaration of Independence to the American Troops on the Common, New York, July 9, 1776." Full pg. illus. of "The Cuban Insurrection - Who Began the Concentration." Doublepage centerfold of "The Harvard-Yale-Cornell Boat Race at Poughkeepsie, New York, June 25, 1897."
Other news and advertisements of the day are included. This issue is complete in 26 pages.
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