1857/01/03 |
Harper and Brothers publishes the first issue of Harper's Weekly in New York City. |
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1857/10/31 |
Wilkie Collins's and Charles Dickens's, "The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices", is published in Harper's Weekly, 31 October to 28 November 1857. |
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The Lazy Tour of Two Authors |
1863/02/21 |
Lavinia Warren and Charles Stratton are featured on the cover of the of Harper's Weekly magazine. |
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Marriage of Lavinia Warren and Charles Stratton |
1863/06/00 |
Indiana McRae writes her memoirs of the Siege of Vicksburg. Published in Harper's Weekly magazine, the article has served as a primary source of information concerning the Vicksburg Campaign. |
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1863/06/21 |
English illustrator of war events for Harper's Weekly and other publications, Alfred Waud, sketches the ruins of the town of Haymarket. He was accompanying Union troops passing through Haymarket on their way to meet Robert E Lee's army at Gettysburg, PA. |
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Burning of Haymarket by Union Troops |
1863/07/04 |
Harper's Weekly article on escaped slave Gordon, or "Whipped Peter", includes a prominent photograph of his back, severely scarred from whippings. The beating left him with horrible welts on much of the surface of his back. |
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1876/08/12 |
Harper's Weekly coverage of the Hamburg massacre attracts nationwide attention. |
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1886/09/00 |
Frederic Remington covers the Charleston, Earthquake for Harper's Weekly. |
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1886 Charleston Earthquake |
1890/03/00 |
"The Courting of Dinah Shadd" by Rudyard Kipling arrives in and Harper's Weekly. |
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The Courting of Dinah Shadd (Short Story) |
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1890/10/23 |
Harper's Weekly advocates for 2 years of training in a hospital after graduation from medical school as the ideal route to gain adequate practical training but that this is only available to one of 10 graduates. |
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History of American Medicine |
1892/11/12 |
"Jelland's Voyage" by Arthur Conan Doyle is published in Harper's Weekly. |
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Jelland's Voyage (Short Story) |
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1893/01/14 |
A C Doyle's short story "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box" is published in Harper's Weekly. |
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The Adventure of the Cardboard Box (Short Story) |
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1894/11/10 |
With four illustrations by Howard Pyle, A C Doyle's "The Parasite" worms its way into Harper's Weekly Newspaper, November 10 to December 1, 1894. |
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The Parasite (Short Story) |
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1894/12/00 |
"Thurlow's Christmas Story" by John K Bangs is published with three drawings by Arthur Burdett Frost in Harper's Weekly 1894 Christmas issue. |
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Thurlow's Christmas Story (Short Story) |
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1912/00/00 |
Lucy McRae Bell's article "A Girl's Experiences in the Siege of Vicksburg" is published in Harper's Weekly. She tells how her family escaped their home for the safety of a cave. |
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1916/05/13 |
Harper and Brothers publishes the final issue of Harper's Weekly. |
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