The Galveston News / In Memory of the Death of / Robert E. Lee. / [followed by an announcement of his death, a reprinting of his Order No. 9 from Appomattox, and a long eight-verse poem “Lee at the Wilderness, printed in four columns below the title, the text enclosed within and columns separated by thin rules] / [Printed below the lower rule: “’After life’s fitful fever he sleeps well.’ / October 18, 1870.”
Galveston, TX: The Galveston News, 1870. Printed broadside, 13 ¼ x 9 ¾ inches [the ornamental rule enclosing the entire text has been trimmed away], employing several sizes and styles of type, including an elaborate display type for the general’s name in the head. Winkler & Friend 2552 (Texas-Austin, Rosenburg Library, Texas State Library). OCLC records but one copy, printed on silk (Brown). Pencil calculations on verso; with the trimming (approximately 4 cm all around) noted, very good otherwise. Item #66068
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