Antique 1878 Aug 8 - The Nation Magazine 24x30cm Oldest In The US- Ads-Articles

Description: Antique 1878 August 8 - The Nation Magazine - Harper & Brothers, Publishers, Franklin Square, New York. 9-1/2” x 12” See photos. Very Good Condition for age! Some stains, wrinkles and yellowing. See photos. The Nation is the oldest continuously published weekly magazine in the United States, covering progressive, political and cultural news, opinion, and analysis. It was founded on July 6, 1865, as a successor to William Lloyd Garrison's The Liberator, an abolitionist newspaper that closed in 1865, after ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Thereafter, the magazine proceeded to a broader topic, The Nation. An important collaborator of the new magazine was its Literary Editor Wendell Phillips Garrison, son of William. He had at his disposal his father's vast network of contacts. In its "founding prospectus" the magazine wrote that the publication would have "seven main objects" with the first being "discussion of the topics of the day, and, above all, of legal, economical, and constitutional questions, with greater accuracy and moderation than are now to be found in the daily press." The Nation pledged to "not be the organ of any party, sect or body" but rather to "make an earnest effort to bring to discussion of political and social questions a really critical spirit, and to wage war upon the vices of violence, exaggeration and misrepresentation by which so much of the political writing of the day is marred." In the first year of publication, one of the magazine's regular features was The South As It Is, dispatches from a tour of the war-torn region by John Richard Dennett, a recent Harvard graduate and a veteran of the Port Royal Experiment. Dennett interviewed Confederate veterans, freed slaves, agents of the Freedmen's Bureau, and ordinary people he met by the side of the road. Rutherford B. Hayes THE 19TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES As the 19th President of the United States (1877-1881), Rutherford B. Hayes oversaw the end of Reconstruction, began the efforts that led to civil service reform, and attempted to reconcile the divisions left over from the Civil War. In 1878, Easter Monday celebrants who were not allowed to roll eggs on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol headed up Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House. The children knew about the low hills on the South Lawn, and hoped their egg rolling games would be permitted there. President Rutherford B. Hayes instructed his guards to let the youngsters through the gates. It proved to be a very popular change of venue. By Easter Monday 1880, an article in the Evening Star reported that eager egg rollers had taken "absolute possession of the grounds south of the White House." Dating back to 1878, the Easter Egg Roll is a cherished springtime tradition in Washington, D.C., with children and their families gathering to enjoy festivities on the South Lawn. One of the highlighted ads: BARSTOW’S FURNACE Barstow Stove Company. Amos Chafee Barstow (April 30, 1813 – September 5, 1894) was an American politician and businessperson. He served as the Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, for one term, 1852–1853. Barstow was involved in several businesses, including banking; he was president of the City Bank and helped establish the Mechanics Savings Bank. He was the first president of the Providence YMCA, and built the Providence Music Hall. But Barstow's main business venture was the Barstow Stove Company, which made cooking stoves. His company won a medal at the 1873 World's Fair in Vienna for having the best stove.

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Location: Berkley, Massachusetts

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