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HARPER'S WEEKLY. A Journal of Civilization. Vol XIX - No. 944. New York Saturday January 30 1875. ILLUSTRATED by THOMAS NAST WILLIAM JAMES LINTON & others.
187599632<p>New York: Harper & Brothers 1875. 1875. Good. - Folio 16 inches high by 11-3/8 inches wide. Softcover bound in pictorial self-wraps. Once bound in with other issues the newspaper has been removed with chipping and glue stains along the inner edges of the cover pages. There are a couple of tiny tears to the front edges of the cover pages with a couple of chipped corners. 20 pages numbered 89 to 108 printed on news stock profusely illustrated including works by Thomas Nast William James Linton & others. There are tiny tears to the front edges of the pages and minor creases to the corners. Good.</p><p>There is much on the troubles brewing in Louisiana including the dispatch from Sheridan to the Secretary of War. A woodcut of a Dunce cap for the Banditti on the cover page illustrates a statement condemning the "Ringleaders of the Armed White Leagues" "who have covered the South with murder and assassination. Burned schoolhouses."</p><p>This issue includes three engravings by Thomas Nast "General Sheridan Stands by His Dispatches" one depicting Ulysses S. Grant's message on Louisiana Affairs: "At The Door: U.S.G. 'If I hammer long enough perhaps they'll wake up'" an engraving illustrating a letter titled "Bayonets and Legislation" published in the January 9th issue of the New York Herald Tribune illustrating the article titled "Advertising for an assassin of the President of the United States U.S. Grant". A double-page engraving by William James Linton titled "The Castaway" depicts a man and his dog floating on on a raft with no land in sight.</p> New York: Harper & Brothers, 1875. paperback
