Harper, Fletcher, 1806-1877 Harper's weekly. [Vol. 5 no. 221 (March 23, 1851)]

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GLC#
GLC04661.05
Type
Newspapers
Date
1861/03/23
Author/Creator
Harper, Fletcher, 1806-1877
Title
Harper's weekly. [Vol. 5 no. 221 (March 23, 1851)]
Place Written
New York, New York
Pagination
16 p. : Height: 40.6 cm, Width: 29 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

The front page of this issue is a drawing of the commanding officers at Fort Sumter, less than a month before an attack on the fort would begin the hostilities of the Civil War. The news focuses on the Union forts that have already been turned over to the South and on Sumter, where a stalemate is underway. There is an illustration of a steam boat. The issue also contains a number of chapters from Charles Dickens's "Great Expectations" in their earliest American publication. The story is accompanied by a number of illustrations by John McLenan.

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