Harper’s Weekly: Vol. 4, No. 178. [featuring Abraham
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[Abraham Lincoln] Harper’s Weekly: Vol. 4, No. 178. [featuring Abraham Lincoln]. New York: Harper & Brothers, May 26, 1860. Includes a front-page article (only) on Lincoln, recently announced as the Republican presidential candidate with an engraving of Lincoln after Mathew Brady photograph. 16 x 11”. 2pp. Upper margin affixed to card stock with small tear; else fine. The most desirable of the pre-Civil War issues featuring for the first time on its cover- Abraham Lincoln. He was mostly unknown up until this point in politics, with the newspaper even misspelling his name in the caption: “Hon. Abram Lincoln, of Illinois, Republican Candidate For President.”
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Harper’s Weekly: Vol. 4, No. 178. [featuring Abraham
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