The 1866 shipment of "Mercer Girls" departs New York City for Washington Territory

Asa Shinn Mercer was a Seattle educator who had arranged an earlier trip for unmarried women to Washington Territory on behalf of single men who provided the funding.  The second trip left New York with only a fraction of the promised four hundred single women aboard. After a troubled journey the emigrants arrived in Seattle in May 1866 and soon found spouses.  Mercer himself married one of his "Mercer Girls."  (By John Osborne)
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Reaction outside the ladies' galleries as Congress passes the Civil Rights Bill, March 13, 1866, artist's impression

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Outside of the Galleries of the House of Representatives during the passage of the Civil Rights Bill.
Source citation
Harper's Weekly Magazine, April 28, 1866, p. 269.

Reaction outside the galleries as the House of Representatives passes the Civil Rights Bill, March 13, 1866, artist's impression

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Outside of the Galleries of the House of Representatives during the passage of the Civil Rights Bill.
Source citation
Harper's Weekly Magazine, April 28, 1866, p. 269.

U.S. Capitol, Pennsylvania Avenue entrance at daily adjournment time, April 1866, artist's impression, detail.

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Scene at the Pennsylvania Avenue entrance of the Capitol Grounds at Washington on the daily adjournment of Congress. - Sketched by F. Dielman.
Source citation
Harper's Weekly Magazine, April 28, 1866, p. 268.
Source note
Cropped from the larger image, also available here. 

U.S. Capitol, Pennsylvania Avenue entrance at daily adjournment time, April 1866, artist's impression, zoomable image.

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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, December 8, 2015
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No
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Yes
Original caption
Scene at the Pennsylvania Avenue entrance of the Capitol Grounds at Washington on the daily adjournment of Congress. - Sketched by F. Dielman.
Source citation
Harper's Weekly Magazine, April 28, 1866, p. 268.

Lobby, House of Representatives, during passage of the Civil Rights Bill, March 13, 1866, zoomable image, detail.

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Lobby of the House of Representatives at Washington during the the passage of the Civil Rights Bill.
Source citation
Harper's Weekly Magazine, April 28, 1866, p. 264-265.
Source note
Cropped from the fuller image, also available here. 

Lobby, House of Representatives during passage of the Civil Rights Bill, March 13, 1866, artist's impression, zoomable image.

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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, December 8, 2015
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Lobby of the House of Representatives at Washington during the the passage of the Civil Rights Bill.
Source citation
Harper's Weekly Magazine, April 28, 1866, p. 264-265.

Volcanic activity, Santorini, Greek Islands, February 1866, panoramic view.

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The Island of Santorin(sic), Greek Archipelago, with the submarine volcano.
Source citation
Harper's Weekly Magazine, April 28, 1866, p. 260.

A.R. Waud at Government Auction, Cairo, Illinois, April 1866, self portrait

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Government Auction on the Levee at Cairo, Illinois.
Source citation
Harper's Weekly Magazine, April 28, 1866, p. 259.
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Cropped from Waud's fuller and larger image, also available here. 

Government Auction, Cairo, Illinois, April 1866, artist's impression, detail.

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Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
Government Auction on the Levee at Cairo, Illinois.
Source citation
Harper's Weekly Magazine, April 28, 1866, p. 259.
Source note
Cropped from the larger  and fuller image, also available here. 
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