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Harper & Brothers, 1833-1962 Harper's weekly. [Vol. 4, no. 178 (May 26, 1860)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08621 Author/Creator: Harper & Brothers, 1833-1962 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Newspaper Date: 26 May 1860 Pagination: 16 p. : Height: 39.7 cm, Width: 28.2 cm Order a Copy

Includes a front-page article on Lincoln, recently announced as the Republican presidential candidate. Accompanied by an engraving of Lincoln after a Mathew Brady photograph. Also: "The Woman in White," news regarding Congress, and reports on foreign affairs. Describes and illustrates President James Buchanan's reception of Japanese ambassadors.

Harper & Brothers, 1833-1962
Brady, Mathew B., 1822-1896
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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