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Harper's Weekly Harper's Weekly [Vol. 10 No. 486 (April 21, 1866)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09791.14 Author/Creator: Harper's Weekly Place Written: s.l. Type: Newspaper Date: 21 April 1866 Pagination: 16 p. ; 40.5 x 28.5 cm. Order a Copy

One issue of Harper's Weekly Newspaper dated April 21, 1866. Newspaper features many advertisements and articles of current events. Of particular note on the cover is an image and article concerning the Abraham Lincoln School for Freedmen in New Orleans. There is also an article concerning the reentrance of representation for the "Rebel States" in the congress. There is also articles concerning; the Civil Rights Bill of 1866, emigration from Ireland, amnesty possibilities for confederate leaders, humors of the day, domestic and foreign news, life on the plains including engravings, and idol worship.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

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