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THE NEW YORK LEDGER !

We intend to make the NEW YORK LEDGER for
1851 superior to that of $780, of any other year in
the past. Among contributors will be the PREsI-
DENT OF THE UNITED STATES, EDWARD EVERETT,
GEO. BANCROFT, VIM. CULLEN BRYANT, JOHN G.
SAKE, GEO. p. MORRIS, N. p. WILLIS, GEORGE
d. PRENTICE, THos. DUNN ENGLISH, SYLvANUs
COBB, JR., EMERSON BENNETT, T. S. ARTHUR, P.
HAMILTON MYERS, Col. WALTER B. DUNLAP S.
COMPTON SMITH, JOHN EsTEN Cooke, MRS. SIG
Quincy, MRS. SoUTHwoRTH, FANNY FERN, ANNA
CORA. RITcHIE, ALICE CAREY, MARY FORREST,
MARION HARLAND, Miss E. A. DUPUY, MARY
STANLEY GIBSON, PHEBE CAREY, and many Cler-
gymen, Professors in Colleges Statesmen, and other
eminent writer's residing different parts of the I'm
ion.
Our corps of contributors for the coming year will
be so large and will embrace such variety of emil
| nent talent, that every department of literature
will receive the particular attention of one
petent do it ample and special justice Whether
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lad humorous poem, old-fashloned love story timely
editorial, any other ingredient of popular and ee
vased journalism, that is to be furnished the LEDGER
corps will be sufficient for the task In fact,
triDutors will send us from week 10 week much more
matter than we possibly use, that shall al
ways have fresh and superabundant supply from
which to select the VERY BEST These facts taken in
connection with our largely increased MEANS facilities
and experience, warrant US, think, in promising
our readers family paper for e year 1861 which
will be more interesting and instructive, and in every
| respect more valuable even than the LEDGER has
been In the past
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the country. Its great success is owing the fact
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taken that not offensive word shall appear
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Sketches, have gained for the NEW YORK LEDGER
position that no literary paper has ever before reach
--AnnG Cora Richie, of Richmond Va, and Col.
Walter b. Dunlap the author of the popular "FOrest
Sketches" which published in col umns
time since, will begin story in the LEDGER early In
the year. Mrs. Soukbs0ortn is also engaged upon
a tale,
In the next number of the LEDGER we shall pub
ish very interesting article written expressly for
from the pen of the Hon. George Bancroft.
1t is with much satisfaction that announce that
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contributions to the LEDGER during the next year.
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