Rioters burning the Weehawken Ferry House, New York City, July 15, 1863, artist's impression

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Rioters burning the Weehawken Ferry House, New York City, July 15, 1863, artist's impression

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Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College

Scan date

06/03/2010

Notes

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, July 23, 2013

Depicted ContentIn New York City, violent protests against the Draft Lottery develop swiftly into four days of deadly rioting

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engraving

Original caption

Destruction of the Weehawken Ferry-house, Forty-Second Street, by the rioters, July 15

Source citation

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, August 1, 1863, p. 300.

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