[1]While Timothy Hughes Rare & Early Newspapers’ archives contain nearly every issue of Harper’s Weekly [2]… available for purchasing… all original… I suspect more collectors are aware of the “reissue” editions of Harper’s Weekly from the Civil War [3] years, easily noted by: “THE REISSUE OF” printed just above the “H” in “Harper’s…” on the front page. Done 100 years after the Civil War [3], they were a successful educational tool in classrooms across the country.
I recently found this letter from the President of the firm which did the reprints, and thought it offers some interesting insight into the history of the reprint series. It is not dated, but I suspect it was written in December, 1861.
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