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HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Feb. 4, 1865  Prints found in this issue include a front page image of: "General Alfred H. Terry" and also on the ftpg. is: "Landing of Soldiers and Sailors Above Fort Fisher".
Inside pages include a full page: "The Army of the Potomac Receiving the News of the Capture of Fort Fisher"; two quarter page images of: "The Late Lieut. Samuel Preston" and "The Late Lieut. Benjamin H. Porter"; a halfpg: "Admiral Porter's Fleet Celebrating the Surrender of Fort Fisher"; a…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 11, 1882  Perhaps the most interesting item in this issue is just a small, inconspicuous item on page 3 under the "Personal" column reading: "Sojourner Truth writers to us from Battle Creek, Michigan, in reference to recent published paragraphs of her having a fine home, and her having made a will, etc. She says she has made no will, owns no farm, but has a small house encumbered by a mortgage, and has no income but what she derives from the narrative of her…

THE ANTI-SLAVERY BUGLE, Salem, Ohio, April 27, 1850  

* Rare Anti Slavery publication - slaves
* Emancipation of the enslaved - abolition 
* Over 10 years prior to the Civil War 

The motto printed in the masthead reads: "No Union With Slaveholders", which sets the tone for the newspaper's theme. This is one of the less common anti-slavery newspapers we have encountered.
This issue has a wealth of fine, anti-slavery-themed articles including a poem: "To Slaveholders & Their Allies" by John. G.…

THE ANTI-SLAVERY BUGLE, Salem, Ohio, May 11, 1850  

* Rare Anti Slavery publication - slaves
* Emancipation of the enslaved - abolition 
* Over 10 years prior to the Civil War 

The motto printed in the masthead reads: "No Union With Slaveholders", which sets the tone for the newspaper's theme. This is one of the less common anti-slavery newspapers we have encountered.
This issue has a wealth of fine, anti-slavery-themed articles including: "Colored Children Entitled to the Benefits of…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 28, 1902  The full ftpg. is a print of; "American Manners & Customers--scene on the New York pier upon the arrival of an ocean liner." Inside has 2 pgs. with 8 photos of the "Yale - Harvard Rowing" teams; 4 pages of photos on: "The Coronation of Edward VII"; nearly 7 pages of photos & articles on: "San Francisco - The Metropolis of the Pacific" less than 4 years before the disastrous earthquake & fire.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 18, 1911

The front page of this issue is a photo of "Our Representative at the Coronation."

This issue has an illustration of "Dame Columbia: "Gracious Me, How that Boy Does Grow!"' by Kemble. There is a photo spread of "Twenty Thousand U. S. Troops for Police Duty" and a full page illustration of "The Doorway to Fame--The Aspirant" by Mary Sigsbee Ker and much more.

Other advertisements of the day are included as well, helping to portray life at the…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 5, 1881  Front full pg. Nast illus. of "Oh, The Degradation of It." Inside is a 1/2 pg. Nast illus. of "Our Refunding Will Astonish the World - When We Launch Our New Bonds." Four 1/4 pg. portraits of "The New Senate of the United States."
Doublepage centerfold of "Fourteenth Exhibition of the American Society of Painters in Water Colors", which includes "Twilight", by F.S. Church. Full pg. illus. of "Winter Life by the Sea." Nine portraits of "The New…