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<dd>Issues for Jan. 1, 1879-Nov. 17, 1887 called also v. 100-v. 117</dd>
<dd>Merged with: Public ledger (Philadelphia, Pa. : 1927), to become: Philadelphia inquirer public ledger</dd>
<dd>Description based on: Apr. 3, 1860; title from caption</dd>
<dd>Lincoln collection has 16 no.: Apr. 15, 17-22, 24-26, 28, May 20, 1865; portions of Apr. 14, May 1-2, 1865; February 13, 1866</dd>
<dd>Text in five columns</dd>
<dd>All except Apr. 14, 1865: Advertisements in each issue</dd>
<dd>Apr. 15, 17-22, 24-26, 28, May 20, 1865: Sheets, folded</dd>
<dd>Apr. 14, May 1-2, 1865: Sheets, detached or excised from whole issues</dd>
<dd>Apr. 14, 1865: Incomplete, only one sheet (2 p.), laminated in Japanese tissue ; Headline on p. [1]: No draft! ; "Continued on the eighth page"--P. [1], column [5]</dd>
<dd>Apr. 15, 1865: Headline on p. [1]: Murder of President Lincoln!</dd>
<dd>Apr. 17, 1865: Engraved portrait of John Wilkes Booth and map of Ford's Theatre and vicinity on p. [1]</dd>
<dd>Apr. 17-22, 24, 1865: At head of title: The nation mourns its loss</dd>
<dd>Apr. 18, 1865: Headlines on p. [1]: The great tragedy! The movements of Booth on the fatal day ; Map on p. [1] with caption: Mobile and its approaches</dd>
<dd>Apr. 20, 1865: Headline on p. [1]: Funeral of Abraham Lincoln! ; Illustrations on p. [1] with captions: The funeral car of President Lincoln. The coffin</dd>
<dd>Apr. 21, 1865: Headline on p. [1]: The remains of President Lincoln! They are lying in state at the Capitol</dd>
<dd>Apr. 22, 1865: Article on arrangements for Lincoln's funeral in Philadelphia, Pa., on p. [1], column [5], continued on p. 8, column [1]</dd>
<dd>Apr. 24, 1865: Headline on p. [1]: Our dead President in Philadelphia</dd>
<dd>Apr. 25, 1865: Illustration on p. [1] with caption: President Lincoln's remains in Independence Hall ; Illustration on p. [1] with caption: An interior view of the railroad car conveying the remains of President Lincoln</dd>
<dd>Apr. 26, 1865: Illustration on p. [1] with caption: The great national funeral. View of the City Hall, New York, and the hearse bearing the remains of President Lincoln</dd>
<dd>Apr. 28, 1865: Map on p. [1] with caption: Death scene of the assassin. Map showing the place where Booth was killed and Harold captured</dd>
<dd>May 1, 1865: Incomplete, only one sheet (2 p.) and a trimmed sheet (pages not identified, columns [1]-[3] on recto and columns [3]-[5] on verso)</dd>
<dd>May 2, 1865: Incomplete, only one sheet (2 p.) and upper portion of another sheet (p. 7-8, trimmed diagonally from top edge near spine to lower fore edge, with top edge of p. 7 affixed to p. [1])</dd>
<dd>May 20, 1865: Engraved portraits of Lewis C. Payne and Samuel C. Arnold on p. [1] with caption: Portraits of the conspirators</dd>
<dd>February 13, 1866: Our late president, his birthday consecrated to his memory. Abraham Lincoln, national honors to his memory, eulogy pronounced on his life by George Bancroft, L.L.D., House of Representatives, Washington, February 12, 1866</dd>
<dd>18</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865</div>
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