The Edward T. LeBlanc Memorial Dime Novel Bibliography

Item - The Drop-Letter; or, The Dishonest Clerk

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(New York Weekly edition - source: NIU Libraries)
(Good News edition - source: NIU Libraries)

Combined Summary

Online Full Text: Northern Illinois University (Good News edition) (Note: Some pages have the text in the gutter. Page 2740 is torn at the gutter, tearing into the text.)
Northern Illinois University (New York Weekly edition)
Series: Good News v. 7 no. 172 — pages 2750-2751
New York Weekly v. 19 no. 20 — page 6
Alternate Title: The Dishonest Clerk
Subject / Tag: Sketch
Author: Bowen, James L. (James Lorenzo), 1842-1919
Dates: April 7, 1864 (New York Weekly edition)
August 19, 1893 (Good News edition)
First Sentence: Winthrop Trull was one of those persons who command a vast deal of influence for good or bad--an extensive dealer at retail of anything which could be enumerated pertaining to his line. (Good News edition)
Last Sentence: Twenty minutes afterward a stranger was whirling away from the village, bearing with him a lighter heart than he had borne for two long years previous, conscious that he had so far as lay in his power atoned for former errors and deceptions. (Good News edition)

Known Editions

New York Weekly edition (page 6 in New York Weekly, v. XIX, no. 20, April 7, 1864)
Good News edition (pages 2750-2751 in Good News, v. 7, no. 172, August 19, 1893)

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