Ellsworth County, KS
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A Massachusetts shipyard launches the S.S. Erie, the largest wooden screw steamship ever built.
Built for the Boston to Liverpool run of the American Steamship Company, the 325 foot, 2000 ton S.S. Erie was the largest wooden screw steamship ever built. The completed vessel had a chequered career. Her company's owners going bankrupt before she could make a single Liverpool run, the Erie sat in dock till sold to the United States and Brazil Mail Steamship Company. She was burned at sea on New Year's Day, 1873 along with a cargo of coffee worth $1,500,000. (By John Osborne)
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Thomas Nast, "We Accept the Situation," cartoon, Harper's Weekly Magazine, April 13, 1867.
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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, November 28, 2016.
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cartoon
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Original caption
"WE ACCEPT THE SITUATION."
Source citation
Harper's Weekly Magazine, April 13, 1867, p. 240.
"The Big Thing," cartoon, Harper's Weekly Magazine, April 20, 1867.
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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, November 28, 2016.
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cartoon
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"THE BIG THING." ... OLD MOTHER SEWARD: "I'll rub some of this on his sore spot: it may sooth him a little."
Source citation
Harper's Weekly Magazine, April 20, 1867, p. 256.
"The State Prisoner Learns How To Paint," cartoon, Harper's Weekly Magazine, April 27, 1867.
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Jia Ma, House Divided Project at Dickinson College
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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, November 28, 2016.
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cartoon
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Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
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THE STATE PRISONER LEARNS HOW TO PAINT. (Vide Newspaper Reports)..... PROFESSOR: "That's an old subject, Mr. Davis." ILLUSTRIOUS STATE PRISONER: "Yes, and one I am familiar with." PROFESSOR: "But the Negro has changed his color since you came here. We paint 'em white now."
Source citation
Harper's Weekly Magazine, April 27, 1867, p. 272.
"The New Era," cartoon, Harper's Weekly Magazine, April 6, 1867.
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cartoon
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THE NEW ERA. GENERAL WADE HAMPTON (to influential colored voter): "Of course, you'll Dine with me on Thursday?" COLORED VOTER: "Not on Phursday, Massa HAMPTON. On Phursday, I'se promised to Sleep with Massa PINCKNEY."
Source citation
Harper's Weekly Magazine, April 6, 1867, p. 224.
George Peabody and the newly appointed Board of Trustees of the Peabody Educational Fund, April 1867, artist's impression, zoomable image.
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engraving
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Original caption
Mr. George Peabody and the Board of Trustees of the Peabody Educational Fund.
Source citation
Harper's Weekly Magazine, April 13, 1867, pp. 228.
Arguments before the United States Supreme Court, Washington D.C., April 1867, artist's impression, detail.
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Jia Ma, House Divided Project at Dickinson College
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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, December 3, 2016.
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Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Original caption
United States Supreme Court Room, Washington City - Chief-Justice Case and Associates hearing the arguments in the Mississippi Injunction Case. - Sketched by Andrew M'Callum.
Source citation
Harper's Weekly Magazine, April 27, 1867, pp. 265.
Source note
Cropped from the fuller zoomable image, also available here.
Arguments before the United States Supreme Court, Washington D.C., April 1867, artist's impression, zoomable image, detail.
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Jia Ma, House Divided Project at Dickinson College
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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, December 3, 2016.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Courtesy of
Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Original caption
United States Supreme Court Room, Washington City - Chief-Justice Case and Associates hearing the arguments in the Mississippi Injunction Case. - Sketched by Andrew M'Callum.
Source citation
Harper's Weekly Magazine, April 27, 1867, pp. 265.
Source note
Cropped from the fuller zoomable image, also available here.
Arguments before the United States Supreme Court, Washington D.C., April 1867, artist's impression, zoomable image.
Scanned by
Jia Ma, House Divided Project at Dickinson College
Scan date
Notes
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, December 3, 2016.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Courtesy of
Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Original caption
United States Supreme Court Room, Washington City - Chief-Justice Case and Associates hearing the arguments in the Mississippi Injunction Case. - Sketched by Andrew M'Callum.
Source citation
Harper's Weekly Magazine, April 27, 1867, pp. 265.