Sale 343


 
Lot 3005



Harper's Weekly, July 4, 1863, 16 pages, tabloid; the complete issue featuring, on page 13, a drawing based on the preceding CDV photo of Slave "Gordon"; the illustration is one of three of Gordon used to illustrate the article, "A Typical Negro". The other two show Gordon as he looked upon arrival "into our linesat Baton Rouge" and "In his uniform as a U.S. Soldier". The front page of the paper features a drawing depicting the "Execution, By Hanging, of Two Rebel Spies, Williams and Peters…June 9, 1863"; pages separated with some tears and light damp stains, still Very Good; an important Civil War document.
Estimate $300 - 400

 
Realized $280



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