[Homer_J_Simpson]

The Washington Monument at Richmond, Virginia – 1-2*
Editorials – 2
The Lounger – 2-4
Bohemian Walks and Talks – 4-5
The Old Lull House – 6
The New Capitol of Canada – Ottawa City – 7-8
Native Life in India – 8-10
My Last Ball – 11-14
A Fearful Balloon Adventure – 15-17
An Interview with Aaron Burr – 17
The War in Mexico – 17-20
Miscellany – 21

* This article says the second tier of the monument includes a statue of Lee. That could be “Lighthorse Harry Lee, A stalwart of the revolution, friend of George Washington and father of Robert E. Lee. But according to the National Park Service, the statue is of Andrew Lewis. Can anyone familiar with the monument explain the change or account for the error? Was Harper’s Weekly reporting fake news 160 years ago?

[Tax-chick]

I don’t know how women kept those dresses from falling right off.

[Tax-chick]

Maybe it was Richard Henry Lee. The men all seem to have been Virginia legislators and members of the Continental Congress.

[Tax-chick]

Wikipedia also says it’s Lewis. Andrew Lewis was a significant figure in Virginia in the Revolutionary and pre-Revolutionary periods. He died of illness just as the Revolutionary War was ending. (Just learned this; I’d never heard of him before!)

Harper’s illustration shows Lee’s name, but photos show each statue with the name cast upon its base, not shown on the stone of the monument, which shows only WASHINGTON.

It looks as though Harper’s has some inaccurate into.

[Tax-chick]

Interesting bit with Aaron Burr’s ghost on page 17. I’m not surprised that the author associates Burr with Poe: they had many traits in common.

[rdl6989]

Very interesting.