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Wallach, William Douglas, 1812-1871 Evening star. [Vol. 25, no. 3782, (April 14, 1865)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00339.02 Author/Creator: Wallach, William Douglas, 1812-1871 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Newspaper Date: 14 April 1865 Pagination: 4 p. : newspaper Height: 55.3 cm, Width: 37.1 cm Order a Copy

Includes an advertisement for "Our American Cousin" at Ford's New Theatre and an article on the decoration of Washington D.C. in celebration of General Lee's surrender and the end of the Civil War.
Half of the second sheet has been cut vertically and the remainder of the sheet folded. Dimensions for the second sheet (third and fourth page): 55.3 x 16.4 cm.

Wallach, William Douglas, 1812-1871
Keene, Laura, 1826-1873
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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