"Harper's Weekly" Bound Volume of Issues for the Year 1870
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Readers of Harper's Weekly could find news, fictional works, essays and illustrations depicting life in America and from around the world. This 1870 volume has an article on Hiram Revels, the Senator-elect from Mississippi. Revels, born a free person of color, became the first African American to serve in the United States Congress. He was elected to finish the term of one of Mississippi's Senators, left vacant since the Civil War.
Readers of Harper's Weekly could find news, fictional works, essays and illustrations depicting life in America and from around the world. This 1870 volume has an article on Hiram Revels, the Senator-elect from Mississippi. Revels, born a free person of color, became the first African American to serve in the United States Congress. He was elected to finish the term of one of Mississippi's Senators, left vacant since the Civil War.
Artifact
Magazine (Periodical)
Date Made
01 January 1870-31 December 1870
Subject Date
01 January 1870 - 31 December 1870
Creators
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2020.0.1.32
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Bookbinding (Process)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 16 in
Width: 11 in