1865 Aug 19 Jefferson Davis, Yale Harvard Regatta, Transatlantic Telegraph
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1865 Harper's Weekly Aug 19 — Flight of Jefferson Davis, Capture & Farewell, Yale Harvard Regatta, Transatlantic Telegraph
📜 ABOUT THIS PIECE OF HISTORY 📜
This August 19, 1865 issue of Harper's Weekly arrives at a remarkable crossroads of history — the Confederacy's defeated leader fleeing and captured, a nation reconnecting across an ocean by telegraph, and American life cautiously resuming its rhythms after four years of war. For collectors of Civil War aftermath, Reconstruction era history, and 19th-century Americana, this issue offers an exceptionally rich and varied window into the summer of 1865.
🏃 THE FLIGHT & CAPTURE OF JEFFERSON DAVIS
Two compelling prints document the ignominious end of the Confederate president's freedom:
"The Flight of Jeff Davis — A Sudden Alarm & Stampede" — capturing the chaos of Davis's desperate flight from pursuing Union forces
"Jeff Davis Bidding Farewell to His Escort Two Days Before His Capture" — a haunting final moment of Confederate leadership before imprisonment at Fortress Monroe
🌊 FRONT PAGE PORTRAITS
"Emma, Queen Dowager of Hawaii" — reflecting America's growing awareness of the Pacific world
"Brevet Major-General Nathaniel A. Mills"
"Elisha Kingsland, Chief Engineer of the N.Y. Fire Department"
⚡ "THE ELECTRIC UNION" — ENGLAND & AMERICA JOINED BY TELEGRAPH
A full-page celebration of the transatlantic telegraph cable uniting Britain and America — one of the great technological achievements of the 19th century, announced to a public still raw from the wounds of war.
🚣 YALE VS. HARVARD COLLEGE REGATTA
A delightful slice of returning peacetime life: "College Regatta — Boat Race Between the Yale and Harvard Boys on Lake Quinsigamond," complete with individual portraits of crewmen Isaac Pierson, Edmund Coffin, Wilbur Bacon, Edward Bennett, W.W. Scranton, and Lewis Stoskopf — among the earliest illustrated coverage of the storied Yale-Harvard rivalry.
🌍 INTERNATIONAL REPORTING
"The English Elections — The Riot in the Great Market Place at Nottingham"
"Nomination of Candidates for Westminster"
⚓ DOUBLE-PAGE CENTERFOLD — USS SABINE
A striking centerfold featuring 11 vignettes titled "Sketches On Board the United States Naval School Ship 'Sabine'" — a rich documentary portrait of postwar American naval life.
🎭 BACK PAGE CARTOON
"The Virginia Elections" — a pointed political cartoon reflecting the early tensions of Reconstruction as former Confederate states navigated their return to the Union.
🔍 CONDITION & TRANSPARENCY 🔍
Completeness: Full 16-page issue, including the double-page centerfold of the USS Sabine.
Authenticity: Guaranteed original woodblock printing from August 19, 1865 — not a modern reproduction.
Condition Report: This issue presents well for its 161-year age, with the Jefferson Davis flight prints and centerfold clean and displayable.
📦 SHIPPING & PRESERVATION 📦
Housed in an acid-free archival folder with Mylar overlay to protect the 161-year-old newsprint
Flat-shipped with heavy-duty reinforcement to ensure safe arrival of the centerfold
Fully tracked for your peace of mind
🏷️ TAGS
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1865 Aug 19 Jefferson Davis, Yale Harvard Regatta, Transatlantic Telegraph
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