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Harper, James, 1795-1869 Harper's weekly. [Vol. 9, no. 447 (July 22, 1865)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08748.04 Author/Creator: Harper, James, 1795-1869 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Newspaper Date: 1865/07/22 Pagination: 16 p. ; 40 x 28 cm. Order a Copy

Includes engravings of the execution of Lincoln conspirators, portraits of Lewis Payne, David Harold, J.W. Atzerodt, and Mary Surratt, and image of Surratt's home in Washington, D.C.
Highlights the consecration of the Gettysburg monument of July 4, 1865. Inlcudes engravings of Major-General Howard, the Gettysburg battlefield, and laying of the cornerstone. All the Gettysburg monument and execution engravings are based on Alexander Gardner's photographs.

Harper, James, 1795-1869
Harper & Brothers, 1833-1962
Atzerodt, George A., 1835-1865
Herold, David E., 1844-1865
Payne, Lewis, 1845-1865
Surratt, Mary E. (Mary Eugenia), 1820-1865

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