Complete issue of Harper's Weekly for the week of April 18, 1863.

Condition is fair, with yellowing and discoloration, small tears at the edges, and staining in many places. There is pencil writing around the portraits of birth and death dates. Please see the photos.

Contents include front page print: "The Rams 'Switzerland' and 'Lancaster' Running the Blockade at Vicksburg" with related text. Inside has two full pages with 7 images: "Headquarters at the Army of the Potomac--Blacksmiths Department--Stables and Negro Servants' Tent--General Hooker's Tent--Army Mail Leaving Headquarters' Post Office--Provost Marshal's Office--Commissary's Department--Adjutant-General's Office". Other prints within include a dramatic double page centerfold: "Bombardment of Port Hudson by Admiral Farragut's Fleet". Also a full page: "The Princess of Wales and Her Bridesmaids", smaller prints of: "The Revolving Tower Applied to Harbor Defense" & "Vertical Section of Revolving Tower". The back page has a cartoon: "The British Minister & the Conservative Leaders".

And much more including advertising and all the Civil War news, politics, and culture of the day.

Securely packaged and shipped in flat, padded cardboard stiff envelope.

From the Alfred P Maurice Estate.