Item 17: Newspaper, The Scranton Republican (removed to oversize box #2), 1878 July 4

Item — Box: 15, Folder: 26

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Newspaper, The Scranton Republican (removed to oversize box #2), 1878 July 4

Dates

Created: 1878 July 4

Disclaimer for Name and Subject Authorities

Some of the name and subject authority tags have been assigned by educated guessing and estimation of persons and subjects by region, age, profession, and familial relationships. They have been thoroughly researched by using primary and secondary sources available digitally, and named in each description, or in some cases linked directly to the person tag.

Access:

All series and subseries within this collection are open for research, with the exception of a few files within the Academia series that are restricted. The Academia series contains financial and sensitive institutional records from Wilkes College, and financial report records from Princeton University that will remain restricted for 80 years upon creation.

Extent

1 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Type of Material:

Newspaper

Condition Note:

Fair, the majority of the newspaper is still intact although the paper is discolored and the paper itself is fragile. The edges/corners have more visible/darker, splotchy discoloration.

Measurements:

25 7/16 in. x 18 5/16 in.

Title:

The Scranton Republican

Description:

A newspaper from Scranton, Pennsylvania dating back to July 4th, 1878. The newspaper makes multiple references of historical significance, including: Mentions of Constantinople (which is now Istanbul), the Solar Eclipse of 1878, an article about the Potter Committee (a massive government inquiry into the election of 1876, which found evidence of fraud and corruption by both Republican and Democrat parties), a mention of a potential revolution stirring in Panama (which would not occur until the separation of Panama from Columbia in 1903), an article regarding the Berlin Congress (a diplomatic meeting in Germany to reorganize the Balkan states after the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 as the Ottoman Empire began to collapse), a lengthy article including poems and tributes about the centennial celebration of the Battle of Wyoming (a 1778 massacre during the American Revolution, where American forces were routed and killed at the hands of British Loyalist soldiers and Iroquois Native Americans) and a mention of Col. Henry Hoyt’s governor campaign. The majority of the paper is a play-by-play of the events of the Battle of Wyoming.