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Harpers Weekly Harper's weekly. [Vol. 5, no. 210 (January 5, 1861); vol.7, no. 314 (January 3, 1863) - vol. 9, no. 470 (December 30, 1865)] [Decimalized .01-.04]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00623 Author/Creator: Harpers Weekly Place Written: New York Type: Header Record Date: 1861, 1863-1865 Pagination: 4 v. Height: 41.5 cm, Width: 29.5 cm Order a Copy

Features article and illustration on emancipated children in New Orleans.

Downs, Rosina, fl. 1863
Taylor, Charles, fl. 1864
Chinn, Wilson, 1800-?
Broujey, Augusta, fl. 1864
Johnson, Mary, fl. 1864
White, Isaac, 1856-?
Whitehead, Robert, fl. 1864

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