(CIVIL WAR NEW YORK) Six issues of the New York Tribune wit

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(CIVIL WAR--NEW YORK.) Six issues of the New-York Tribune with full coverage of the draft riots. Each 8 pages, 20 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches, on 2 folding sheets; disbound with minor wear. New York, 14 to 21 July 1863

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The entire front page of the 14 July issue reports the breaking news of the riot. The 15 July issue reprints the inflammatory article from the Daily News (then a Copperhead organ) which had helped to spark the riots. Front-page coverage is also found in the 16, 17 and 18 July issues as the riot continued and wound down. with--New York Herald of 10 August 1863, in which President Lincoln refuses to suspend the draft in New York.