Astor House Hotel, New York City, November 25, 1864, artist's impression

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Astor House Hotel, New York City, November 25, 1864, artist's impression

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Don Sailer, Dickinson College

Scan date

08/25/2011

Notes

Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, January 28, 2015.

Depicted ContentNew York, NY

Depicted ContentIn New York City, Confederate agents make an apparent but failed attempt to fire much of Manhattan

Image type

engraving

Original caption

The Hotels of New York City, that were set on fire by Rebel incendiaries on the evening of Nov. 25.

Source citation

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, December 17, 1864, p. 200.

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