Primary Sources
Images:
- The Great Railroad Strike of 1877.
- Riot of 1877: Ruins and Rioters. Looking East from 14th Street.
- 1877 Strike looking East from 25th Street.
- Proclamation issued by Sheriff William W. Jennings, Harrisburg, PA, July 23, 1877.
- "Burning Of The Lebanon Valley Railroad Bridge By The Rioters," Harper's Weekly, August 11, 1877
- Priest Giving Last Rites to Soldiers.
- Great Strike of 1877.
Original Documents:
- "The Great Strike," Harper's Weekly, August 11, 1877.
- "The Mob Fired on at Reading,"New York Tiimes, July 24, 1877.
- Report of the President and Managers of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Co. to the Stockholders, January 14, 1878 for the year ending November 30, 1877.
- "The Bloody 1877 Railroad Strike in Reading, Pa.," The Reading Times Dispatch, July 24, 1877.
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