Unknown [Courant Extra! Glorious News! The End of the War]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02916 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Broadside Date: 9 April 1865 Pagination: 1 p. ; 25 x 18 cm Order a Copy
Small newspaper broadside re-printing Grant's famous notice to Edwin Stanton, Secretary of War, about Lee's surrender at Appomattox. "Let the People Rejoice. Surrender of Lee and His Whole Army. Ring the Bells and Shout Loud Huzzas." With a manuscript note "Printed At Midnight Sunday April 9. /65."
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