Description: You are considering the May 11, 1878, original and complete issue of Harper's weekly Vol XXII, No.1115, pages 365-384, including the supplement section. It is 1878 and the reconstruction period after the Civil War continues but The Compromise of 1877 is reached, giving the presidency to Rutheford B. Hayes and pulling troops from the South, disenfranchising Blacks. Russia and The Ottoman Empire settle, and Umberto I becomes King of Italy. Thomas Edison introduces the phonograph and the first telephone exchange in New Haven, Ct, is in place. A tornado kills dozens in Wallingford, CT and yellow fever kills thousands in the South. Paris holds a World's Fair and displays the head of the Statue of Liberty. Pope Pius IX dies and Pope Leo XIII reigns. New Mexico is attached to the rest of the world by railroad and the Lincoln County Wars take place, And the Morgan Silver Dollar was introduced, enduring until 1921. In this issue: Thomas Nast cover page, full page, and last-page illustrations. Election Prospects. Income Tax. Election Expenses. NY Aquarium Sketches. Pilot Commissioner Blunt and the "Hope." William Orton. Postal Savings-Banks. Love in "Blackville." Indian School in St. Augustine. Cincinnati Music Hall. Great Fire in Edinburgh Supplement: Sketches in Jamaica; War in Turkey Wonderful old ads, literature, domestic and foreign news. I will combine shipping. Two Harper's Weekly issues mail for the same price as one.
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