New York City
The largest city in the United States, the center of its publishing trade, and the port from which the steamer Quaker City sailed for Europe and the Holy Land in 1867.
Today: New York City, United States
The Program of the Grand Pleasure Excursion
Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad (1869), on the printed programme for the 1867 Quaker City excursion · programme dated February 1, 1867; book published 1869
CHAS. C. DUNCAN,
117 WALL STREET, NEW YORK.
R. R. G Treasurer.
COMMITTEE ON APPLICATIONS.
J. T. H, ESQ., R. R. G ESQ., C. C. DUNCAN.
COMMITTEE ON SELECTING STEAMER.
CAPT. W. W. S. Surveyor for Board of Underwriters.
C. W. C, Consulting Engineer for U. S. and Canada.
J. T. H, ESQ.
C. C. DUNCAN.
Chas. C. Duncan, 117 Wall Street, New York. R. R. G, Treasurer. Committee on Applications: J. T. H, Esq., R. R. G, Esq., C. C. Duncan. Committee on Selecting Steamer: Capt. W. W. S, Surveyor for Board of Underwriters. C. W. C, Consulting Engineer for U.S. and Canada. J. T. H, Esq. C. C. Duncan.
P. S. — The very beautiful and substantial side wheel steamship “Quaker City” has been chartered for the occasion, and will leave New York, June 8th. Letters have been issued by the government commending the party to courtesies abroad.
P.S. The very beautiful and solid side-wheel steamship Quaker City has been chartered for the occasion, and will leave New York on June 8. Letters have been issued by the government asking that the party be shown courtesies abroad.
I Want You for U.S. Army
James Montgomery Flagg, recruiting poster for the United States Army, 1917 · 1917 (first drawn for a magazine cover, July 1916)