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    Harper's Weekly, A Journal of Civilization was an American political magazine based in New York City. Published by Harper & Brothers from 1857 until 1916...
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    slaves and Chinn in a letter to George William Curtis, then editor of Harper's Weekly, the most widely read journal during the Civil War, which appeared...
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    Harper's for narrative convenience. Peter or Gordon's service in the U.S. Colored Troops after emancipation is attested in news reports in Harper's Weekly...
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    reflecting the inclusion of Joseph and Fletcher Harper. Harper began publishing Harper's Magazine, Harper's Weekly, and other periodicals beginning in the 1850s...
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  • adding several blogs. Harper's Magazine began as Harper's New Monthly Magazine in New York City in June 1850, by publisher Harper & Brothers. The company...
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  • publishers Harper & Brothers founded the magazine based in New York City on November 2, 1867. This company also gave birth to Harper's Magazine. Harper's Bazar...
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    Virginia meet, it is the easternmost town in West Virginia. Originally named Harper's Ferry after an 18th-century ferry owner, the town lost its apostrophe in...
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    Thomas Nast (category Harper's Weekly artists)
    symbols through his artwork. Nast was associated with the magazine Harper's Weekly from 1859 to 1860 and from 1862 until 1886. Nast's influence was so...
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    A woodcut, based on a photograph of the former slaves, appeared in Harper's Weekly in January 1864 with the caption "EMANCIPATED SLAVES, WHITE AND COLORED...
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    Evening Post and The Nation and later became the editorial writer for Harper's Weekly. He remained active in politics and led the "Mugwump" movement, which...
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