FRANK LESLIE'S WEEKLY
1855 - 1922
Frank Leslie's Weekly,
later, Leslie's Weekly began as Frank Leslie's Illustrated News
in 1855 ans was an
American illustrated literary and news publication, one of
several
started by Frank Leslie.
His editor, John Y. Foster, put the paper out on Tuesdays.. While
only 30 copies of the
first edition were printed by 1897 circulation was 65,000 .
The weekly was 16 pages,
12” x 16” , covering war's , politics, art, science,
travel,
exploration, literature,
and 'fine arts', had at least 30 illustration. It covered
John Brown
and his Harper's Ferry
raid, civil and Spanish American and the first World War,
then
events like the Klondike
gold rush in 1897, the 1858 Atlantic Cable, and San Francisco
earthquake.
Writers included Louisa
May Alcott, Irving Handcock, Helen Martin and Ellis Parker
Butler, illustrators,
Albert Berghaus and Norman Rockwell in latter years.
Frank Leslie was born in
England, March 29, 1821, at Ipswich and was an illustrator
from the 'git go',
having engraved the Ipswich Coat of Arms at age 13.. He was an
expert and inventor of
engraving systems.
Frank was married first in
England, had three son's before they separated in 1860. He came
to America in 1848 and
made residence in New York City in 1853. Leslie's second wife,
Miriam Florence Folline
Squier Leslie was the editor of Leslie's Lady Magazine. They had a
summer home at Saratoga
Springs and entertained notables. In 1877 they took a lavish train
trip to the West Coast
that left them badly in dept. In 1880 when Frank Leslie died his
dept
was $300,000 . His wife
Mariam took the business in hand and put it on a paying basis.
Both Miriam and Frank
Leslie are buried in the Bronx Woodland Cemetery.
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19th century
publications.
WIKIPEDIA tells us Frank
Leslie was the pen name of Henry Carter, born 1821, died 1880,
was a son of a well to do
English glovemaker. He changed his name upon arrival in the United
States.
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