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- Harper's Weekly, Volume 12, 1868 - <em>Harper's Weekly</em> began publishing in 1857. Published by Harper & Brothers, issues contained news articles, literary works, essays, and illustrations depicting life in America and around the world. <em> Harper's Weekly</em> ceased publication in 1916.
- January 1868-December 1868
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Harper's Weekly, Volume 12, 1868
Harper's Weekly began publishing in 1857. Published by Harper & Brothers, issues contained news articles, literary works, essays, and illustrations depicting life in America and around the world. Harper's Weekly ceased publication in 1916.
- Clinton B. Fisk, circa 1874 - Clinton Bowen Fisk (1828-1890), photographed about the time President Ulysses S. Grant appointed him to the Board of Indian Commissioners in 1874, gained lasting recognition as the founder of Fisk University. He was an abolitionist, Civil War brigadier general, businessman, banker, and Freedmen Bureau official. He campaigned as the Prohibitionist Party candidate in the 1888 presidential election.
- circa 1874
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Clinton B. Fisk, circa 1874
Clinton Bowen Fisk (1828-1890), photographed about the time President Ulysses S. Grant appointed him to the Board of Indian Commissioners in 1874, gained lasting recognition as the founder of Fisk University. He was an abolitionist, Civil War brigadier general, businessman, banker, and Freedmen Bureau official. He campaigned as the Prohibitionist Party candidate in the 1888 presidential election.
- Portrait of Lieutenant Andrew Coats, 7th Colored Infantry Regiment, 1864 - Scottish-born Andrew Coats was a Lieutenant in the 7th U.S. Colored Infantry. The regiment, organized in September 1863, first deployed to the occupied coastal territories stretching from South Carolina to Florida. This photograph was taken after he arrived in 1864. Coats served as Acting Assistant Adjutant General (AAAG) for the District of Florida, before joining the Veteran Reserve Corps in late 1864.
- 1864
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Portrait of Lieutenant Andrew Coats, 7th Colored Infantry Regiment, 1864
Scottish-born Andrew Coats was a Lieutenant in the 7th U.S. Colored Infantry. The regiment, organized in September 1863, first deployed to the occupied coastal territories stretching from South Carolina to Florida. This photograph was taken after he arrived in 1864. Coats served as Acting Assistant Adjutant General (AAAG) for the District of Florida, before joining the Veteran Reserve Corps in late 1864.
- "Harper's Weekly" Bound Volume of Issues from January-December 1867 - <em>Harper's Weekly</em> began publishing in 1857. Published by Harper & Brothers, issues contained news articles, literary works, essays, and illustrations depicting life in America and around the world. <em> Harper's Weekly</em> ceased publication in 1916.
- January 1867-December 1867
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"Harper's Weekly" Bound Volume of Issues from January-December 1867
Harper's Weekly began publishing in 1857. Published by Harper & Brothers, issues contained news articles, literary works, essays, and illustrations depicting life in America and around the world. Harper's Weekly ceased publication in 1916.