Temperence Revival, Locusts, Tornado, Nast, Harper's Weekly, Jun 30, 1877

Description: You are considering the June 30, 1877, original and complete issue of Harper's weekly Vol XXI, No.1070, pages 497-516 (includes supplement). It is 1877 and the reconstruction period after the Civil War continues, with Federal Troops in the South to guarantee the fair treatment of Blacks. U.S. Grant is in his last term and Rutherford Hayes (R) and Samuel Tilden (D) run. No winner can be decided so the Compromise of 1877 is reached, giving the presidency to Hayes but pulling troops from the South, disenfranchising Blacks. The Indian Wars continue with Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Nez Perce all actively fighting U.S. soldiers. Congress annexes the Black Hills and Sioux lands. There is a national Railroad Strike, Billy the Kid kills his first, and the first Westminster Dog Show takes place in NYC. Custer's body is returned to West Point and Cornelius Vanderbilt dies. The first telephone line is in Massachusetts and Edison introduces the phonograph. Molly Maguires are hung in Pennsylvania. Wimbledon has its first tennis tournament and baseball introduces masks for catchers. Russia is at war with Turkey and on and on... In This Issue: Thomas Nast cover-page, centerfold, and last page illustration. Temperence Revival. The War. Masons' Grandmaster. Camels in Nevada. Seventeen-Year Locust. Mt. Carmel, IL, Tornado. Supplement: On the Black Sea and the Danube Wonderful old ads, literature, domestic and foreign news, and great illustrators! I will combine shipping. Two Harper's Weekly issues mail for the same price as one.

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