Public ledger
Subtitle: Lincoln Centenary supplement : Friday morning, February 12, 1909
Contributors: Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891
Published: 1909
Language: eng
Subjects: Newspapers; Anniversaries; Anecdotes
Other titles: Public ledger (Philadelphia, Pa. : 1836)
Notes: Includes various excerpts from Lincoln's writings, letters and speeches.
Table of contents: title: Fac simile (slightly reduced) of the first page of the Public Ledger containing an account of the assassination.; title: Abraham Lincoln / by Tom Taylor from Punch [poem].; title: An unpublished story of Lincoln.; title: The first American [from the "Commemoration Ode," by James Russell Lowell, Harvard, July 21, 1865].; title: Fac simile of Emancipation Proclamation.; title: Mortality [poem by William Knox].; title: Thousands to honor Lincoln, exercises commemorating his 100th birthday to be held throughout country today, Philadelphia in lead, celebrations in this city will be of unusual interest, special features in school.; title: Lincoln Day exercises.; title: Fac simile of draft of Gettysburg address.; title: Fac simile of letter to Mrs. Hall.; title: Gettysburg speech written in haste.