Quite rare comic/satirical newspaper on the Beecher-Tilton scandal...

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January 01, 1875

(was $388) THE HUMORS OF THE BROOKLYN SCANDAL OR THE FUNNY SIDE OF A SERIOUS SUBJECT, New York, 1875 A seemingly very rare and likely "one off" publication which is focused on the Beecher-Tilton scandal case.
As a bit of background, in a highly publicized scandal, Henry Ward Beecher was tried on charges that he had committed adultery with a friend's wife, Elizabeth Tilton. In 1870, Elizabeth had confessed to her husband, Theodore Tilton, that she had had a relationship with Beecher. The charges became public when Theodore told Elizabeth Cady Stanton of his wife's confession. Stanton repeated the story to fellow women's rights leaders Victoria Woodhull and Isabella Beecher Hooker. The trial began in January 1875, and ended in July when the jurors deliberated for six days but were unable to reach a verdict. Beecher then called for the Congregational church to hold a final hearing to exonerate him, which it did.
There is no month or day in the dateline, nor is there any volume or issue number. It is formatted much like Harper's Weekly with 16 pages & with a wealth of cartoon prints, many done by famed artist Joseph Keppler, of "Puck" magazine fame. The centerfold has two full page prints. Near the back is an any for the printing of a: "Pictorial History of the Beecher-Tilton Trial" with further details (see).
Sixteen pages, never bound nor trimmed, a piece from the front leaf and many tears at the margins inside.

Category: Post-Civil War