Original Vol 1 HARPER'S WEEKLY June 27 1857 Jamestown 250th Celebration COMPLETE

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Original Vol 1 HARPER'S WEEKLY June 27 1857 Jamestown 250th Celebration COMPLETE
An original antiquarian copy of
HARPER'S WEEKLY Vol. 1 -- No. 26 Saturday, June 27, 1857. - COMPELTE
Containing: Travels in Bible Lands Pt 3 (1 1/3 Patges, 3 engravings); Yellow fever Panics; the joint of the Mormon Difficulty; Poem, Rose in the Garden;
The Jamestown, Virginia Celebration (2 Pages, 5 engravings)
; Domestic and Foreign News; Book Reviews Including One of Charlotte Bronte's The Professor; The National American Council at Louisville, Kentucky 92 Pages, 6 Engravings); St. Luke's Home for Indigent Females, New York City (3/4 Page, 4 engravings); Ads, fiction, cartoons, Etc. pp 401--416 clean, bright pages; Disbound Size: 10.5" x 15.5".
In exceptional antiquarian condition
In 1857, the Jamestown society organized a celebration marking the 250th anniversary of Jamestown's founding.
With an estimated crowd of six to eight thousand, including military companies, this was one of Jamestown's largest celebrations. Sixteen large steamers anchored offshore and were gaily decorated with streamers. According to the Richmond Enquirer, the site for the celebration was on ten acres on the spot where some of the colonists' houses were originally built. However, it is also speculated that the celebration was moved further east on the island closer to the Travis grave site, in order to avoid damaging Major William Allen's corn fields. Some of the highlights of this celebration were a record-breaking two and a half hour speech given by ex-president John Tyler, military displays, a grand ball and fireworks.