{"product_id":"1867-st-valentines-day-scenes-senator-case-murdered-excise-law-feb-16","title":"1867 St. Valentine's Day Scenes, Senator Case Murdered, Excise Law โ€” Feb 16","description":"๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ HARPER'S WEEKLY ยท February 16, 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 varied and historically charged Reconstruction-era issue โ€” a full-page St. Valentine's Day celebration in many scenes, the murder of a Tennessee senator by a returned Confederate guerrilla, Sunday liquor law evasion in New York, an orphan home lottery at Cooper Institute, and more. A primary document of both the festive and violent dimensions of post-Civil War American life.\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”\nโค๏ธ ST. VALENTINE'S DAY\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€” \"ST. VALENTINE'S DAY\" โ€” MANY SCENES\nA full-page illustration of St. Valentine's Day celebrations โ€” multiple scenes capturing the Victorian holiday's rich culture of cards, courtship, and romantic gesture that had made February 14 one of the most popular days in the American calendar. The commercial Valentine's Day greeting card industry was booming by 1867, driven by publishers like Esther Howland who had transformed the holiday into a major cultural event. A warm, vivid, and very frameable piece of Victorian American holiday 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 RECONSTRUCTION VIOLENCE โ€” SENATOR CASE MURDERED\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“ฐ HALF PAGE โ€” \"MURDER OF SENATOR CASE, OF TENNESSEE, BY A RETURNED REBEL GUERRILLA\"\nA half-page illustration of the murder of Senator Case of Tennessee โ€” killed by a returned Confederate guerrilla in a chilling act of Reconstruction-era political violence. The assassination of Union-loyal political figures by returned Confederate soldiers and guerrillas was a defining feature of the Southern Reconstruction experience, as former rebels resisted the new political order by violence against those who represented it. Tennessee, though the first Confederate state readmitted to the Union in 1866, remained deeply divided โ€” the Ku Klux Klan had been founded in Pulaski, Tennessee just months earlier in 1866, and political violence against Unionists and freedpeople was escalating. Senator Case's murder is a primary document of the wave of Reconstruction-era terror that Harper's Weekly consistently documented and condemned. A significant and sobering piece of Tennessee and American political 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บ EVADING THE EXCISE LAW\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บ FRONT PAGE โ€” \"EVADING THE EXCISE LAW โ€” LAYING IN RUM FOR SUNDAY\"\nA front-page illustration of New Yorkers stockpiling rum before Sunday to evade the excise law that prohibited alcohol sales on the Sabbath โ€” a vivid and humorous piece of Gilded Age New York social history and the battle between temperance reformers and the city's drinking culture. A significant piece of New York City social and legal 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\n๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ HALF PAGE โ€” \"ORPHAN HOME AND SCHOOL LOTTERY โ€” DRAWING THE PRIZES AT COOPER INSTITUTE\"\nA half-page illustration of a charity lottery drawing at the Cooper Institute in New York โ€” raising funds for an orphan home and school in a vivid piece of Gilded Age philanthropy and Cooper Union history. Peter Cooper's great institution on Astor Place was already one of the most important civic venues in New York, hosting everything from Abraham Lincoln's famous 1860 address to charity events like this one.\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 February 16, 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\nSt Valentine's Day 1867, Valentine's Day Victorian antique, Victorian Valentine scenes, Valentine's Day many scenes, Victorian romance holiday, Esther Howland valentine antique, Victorian greeting card history, Senator Case Tennessee murdered, Reconstruction political violence, rebel guerrilla murder senator, Tennessee Reconstruction murder, KKK Reconstruction violence, Confederate guerrilla antique, Reconstruction era terror, political assassination Reconstruction, excise law rum Sunday, New York Sunday liquor law, Victorian temperance antique, rum excise evasion, Gilded Age liquor law, Cooper Institute lottery, orphan home school lottery, Cooper Union charity antique, Peter Cooper Institute, Victorian philanthropy lottery, Harper's Weekly 1867, antique newspaper 1867, Reconstruction era newspaper, Victorian illustrated newspaper, antique illustration engraving, framing quality print, Valentine's Day collector, Reconstruction history collector, history lover gift, rare newspaper collectible, museum quality ephemera","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52264016904412,"sku":null,"price":38.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0849\/4759\/9580\/files\/e2154b71-il_fullxfull.8344831709_igb3.jpg?v=1786496663","url":"https:\/\/thekeenantiquarian.com\/products\/1867-st-valentines-day-scenes-senator-case-murdered-excise-law-feb-16","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}