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Metadata
Catalog Number |
NP.HW.1861.08-17 |
Object Name |
Newspaper, Page |
Title |
Harper's Weekly |
Description |
Single page from the "Harper's Weekly" issue of August 17, 1861 featuring a woodcut print portrait of Silas Stringham on page 516. |
Maker |
Harper & Brothers, publisher |
Place of Origin |
New York, NY |
Date |
Aug. 17, 1861 |
Green-Wood Connection |
Silas H. Stringham (1798-1876) is interred at Green-Wood (Lot 439, Sec. 92). The four brothers of the publishing firm Harper and Brothers are interred at Green-Wood; James Harper (1795-1869), John Harper (1797-1875), Fletcher Harper (1806-1877), and Joseph Wesley Harper (1801-1870)(Lot 947, Sec. 95). |
Material |
Paper |
People |
Stringham, Silas Horton, 1798-1876 Harper, Fletcher, 1806-1877 Harper, James, 1795-1869 Harper, John, 1797-1875 Harper, Joseph Wesley, 1801-1870 |
Subjects |
Newspapers Newspaper editors Military Military officers Portrait prints |
Search Terms |
Harper & Brothers American Civil War, 1861-1865 |