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Collection, 1836-1877.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 473
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- Format:
- Other
- Standardized Title:
- Public ledger (Philadelphia, Pa. : 1836)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Childs, George William, 1829-1894.
- Childs, George William.
- Newspaper publishing--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--19th century.
- Newspaper publishing.
- Newspaper buildings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Newspaper buildings.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Genre:
- Pamphlets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Nineteenth century (dates CE).
- Penn Provenance:
- Gift of Mrs. John H. Atherton, 1962.
- Physical Description:
- 5 items
- Place of Publication:
- 1836-1877.
- Summary:
- Collection of pamphlets describing the history of the Public ledger; its owner, George W. Childs; and Childs' office in the Public Ledger building in Philadelphia, with a copy of the first issue of the newpaper.
- Contents:
- Public ledger, vol. 1, no. 1 (March 25, 1836)
- Historical sketch of the Public Ledger of Philadelphia / Eugene H. Munday (1870)
- Anecdotes of public men / John W. Forney (1876)
- Sketch of George W. Childs / Frank H. Norton (1877)
- The new private office of George W. Childs...(n.d.)
- Contains:
- Forney, John W. (John Wien), 1817-1881. Anecdotes of public men.
- Munday, Eugene H. Historical sketch of the Public ledger of Philadelphia.
- Norton, Frank H. (Frank Henry), 1836-1921. Sketch of George W. Childs.
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