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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08621 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers |
| Title | Harper's Weekly, Vol. 4, No. 178 |
| Date | 26 May 1860 |
| Author | Harper & Brothers (1833-1962) |
| Document Type | Newspapers and Magazines |
| Content Description | Includes a front-page article on Lincoln, recently announced as the Republican presidential candidate. Accompanied by an engraving of Lincoln after a Mathew Brady photograph. Also: "The Woman in White," news regarding Congress, and reports on foreign affairs. Describes and illustrates President James Buchanan's reception of Japanese ambassadors. |
| Subjects | Republican Party President Government and Civics Election Politics Photography Literature and Language Arts Congress Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs Diplomacy Asia |
| People | Brady, Mathew B. (1822-1896) Buchanan, James (1791-1868) Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Foreign Affairs; The Presidency; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | American Civil War Newspapers and Magazines |
| Additional Information | Harper & Brothers was one of the most successful, prolific publishing houses of the nineteenth century, and currently exists as Harper Collins. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |