{"product_id":"1867-paul-reveres-ride-poem-custers-scouts-surratt-lincoln-trial-jun-29","title":"1867 Paul Revere's Ride \u0026 Poem, Custer's Scouts, Surratt Lincoln Trial โ€” Jun 29","description":"๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ HARPER'S WEEKLY ยท June 29, 1867\nComplete Issue ยท New York\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\nA richly varied issue spanning American history from the Revolution to Reconstruction โ€” Paul Revere's Ride illustrated with Longfellow's famous poem, Custer's Indian War scouts in Kansas, the jury selection in the John Surratt Lincoln assassination trial, early croquet on the lawn, Arapaho Indians smoking, New York Yacht Club racing, and Paris fashions. One of the most content-rich issues of the entire 1867 run.\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n๐Ÿด PAUL REVERE'S RIDE โ€” WITH LONGFELLOW'S POEM\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\n๐Ÿด FULL PAGE โ€” \"PAUL REVERE'S RIDE\" โ€” WITH LONGFELLOW'S FAMOUS POEM ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE\nA full-page illustration of Paul Revere's Midnight Ride of April 18-19, 1775 โ€” accompanied on the following page by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's celebrated poem \"Paul Revere's Ride,\" first published in the Atlantic Monthly in January 1861. Longfellow's poem โ€” \"Listen, my children, and you shall hear \/ Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere\" โ€” had transformed the historical silversmith into a national legend, and the pairing of this dramatic illustration with the full text of the poem makes this a particularly complete and displayable document of one of the most beloved stories in American history. A beautiful, frameable, and highly collectible piece of American Revolutionary War history and American literary history.\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n๐ŸŽ–๏ธ CUSTER'S SCOUTS\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\n๐Ÿช– OVER HALF PAGE โ€” \"THE INDIAN WAR โ€” GENERAL CUSTER'S SCOUTS\" WITH ARTICLE\nA dramatic illustration of General George Armstrong Custer's scouts during the Indian Wars of 1867 โ€” the frontiersmen and Native allies who rode ahead of the 7th Cavalry through the Kansas plains during the contentious summer campaigns. Published in the same weeks that Custer was conducting controversial operations against the Cheyenne Dog Soldiers โ€” operations that would lead to his court-martial and suspension later that year โ€” this illustration is a primary document of Custer's Indian Wars career nine years before the Little Bighorn. A significant piece of Western Americana and Indian Wars history.\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\nโš–๏ธ THE JOHN SURRATT TRIAL โ€” LINCOLN ASSASSINATION\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\nโš–๏ธ OVER HALF PAGE โ€” \"TRIAL OF JOHN H. SURRATT โ€” IMPANELING A JURY\"\nA significant illustration of the jury selection in the trial of John Harrison Surratt โ€” the last Lincoln assassination conspirator, whose mother Mary Surratt had been hanged in 1865 as the first woman executed by the United States government. John had fled to Canada, then Europe, then served in the Papal Zouaves in Rome under an alias, before being captured in Egypt and returned to Washington in February 1867. His trial โ€” before a civilian jury rather than the military commission that had condemned his mother โ€” began June 10, 1867. After testimony from 170 witnesses, the jury deadlocked and Surratt walked free, the only Lincoln conspirator to escape justice. A primary document of the most dramatic ongoing legal proceeding of the Reconstruction era.\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n๐Ÿ EARLY CROQUET\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\n๐Ÿ FULL PAGE โ€” \"THE NEW GAME OF MARTELLE โ€” THE QUEEN OF THE LAWN\"\nA full-page illustration of what appears to be an early form of croquet โ€” \"Martelle,\" described as \"the Queen of the Lawn,\" the fashionable new outdoor game sweeping the lawns of America's middle and upper classes in the late 1860s. A vivid and charming piece of Victorian American leisure and sporting history.\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ INSIDE THE ISSUE\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\n๐Ÿšข FULL PAGE โ€” \"ANNUAL REGATTA OF THE NEW YORK YACHT CLUB โ€” BOUNDING THE LIGHT SHIP\"\nA full-page illustration of the New York Yacht Club's annual regatta โ€” the most prestigious sailing event in America, founded in 1844 and already one of the great social and sporting institutions of the Gilded Age. A significant and very frameable piece of American sailing and New York social history.\n\n๐Ÿชถ ONE-THIRD PAGE โ€” \"ARAPAHO INDIANS SMOKING\"\nA one-third page illustration of Arapaho men smoking โ€” a piece of Plains Indian ethnographic illustration, published in the same issue as Custer's scouts, connecting the faces of the people whose lands were being contested.\n\nโ›ช FRONT PAGE โ€” \"RELIGION IN INTOLERANT ROME โ€” PRIESTLY ABSOLUTION FROM SIN AT ST. PETER'S\"\nA front-page illustration of a religious ceremony at St. Peter's Basilica โ€” a significant piece of Victorian Catholic history and the ongoing tensions between American Protestantism and the Church of Rome.\n\n๐Ÿ‘— NEARLY HALF PAGE โ€” \"PARIS FASHIONS FOR JUNE, 1867\"\nA nearly half-page illustration of Paris fashions โ€” a vivid piece of Second Empire French fashion history at the height of the 1867 Paris Universal Exposition.\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n๐Ÿ“‹ CONDITION\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\nI photograph every page of every issue so you can inspect the condition closely before purchasing. Please review all images carefully and don't hesitate to ask any questions โ€” I'm happy to provide additional detail or close-up shots of any page, illustration, or area of concern before you buy.\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n๐Ÿ“Œ DETAILS\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\nPublication ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท Harper's Weekly\nDate ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท June 29, 1867\nCity ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท New York\nFormat ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท Illustrated newspaper, complete in 16 pages\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n๐Ÿ“ฆ SHIPPING \u0026amp; PRESERVATION\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\nโ€ข Stored in an acid-free protective bag and flat-shipped in a padded envelope with heavy cardboard reinforcement\nโ€ข Fully tracked for your peace of mind\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n๐Ÿ” SEO TAGS\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\nPaul Revere's Ride illustration, Paul Revere Longfellow poem, midnight ride Paul Revere, Longfellow Paul Revere antique, Revolutionary War Paul Revere, Listen my children Revere, Paul Revere April 1775, American Revolution poem antique, Custer scouts Indian War, Custer 7th Cavalry scouts, Custer Indian War Kansas, Custer pre-Little Bighorn, Indian Wars Kansas 1867, Custer court martial precursor, Surratt Lincoln trial, John Surratt assassination trial, Lincoln conspirator trial, Mary Surratt son trial, Surratt impaneling jury, Lincoln conspiracy antique, croquet Martelle lawn game, early croquet Victorian antique, Victorian lawn game, Queen of the Lawn antique, croquet history antique, New York Yacht Club regatta, NYYC annual regatta, yacht race light ship, Gilded Age sailing antique, Arapaho Indians smoking, Paris fashions 1867, Harper's Weekly 1867, antique newspaper 1867, Reconstruction era newspaper, Victorian illustrated newspaper, antique illustration engraving, framing quality print, Paul Revere collector, Custer collector, Lincoln history collector, history lover gift, rare newspaper collectible, museum quality ephemera","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52264015593692,"sku":null,"price":78.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0849\/4759\/9580\/files\/75521287-il_fullxfull.8363474883_61t4.jpg?v=1786496653","url":"https:\/\/thekeenantiquarian.com\/products\/1867-paul-reveres-ride-poem-custers-scouts-surratt-lincoln-trial-jun-29","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}