''The New York Ledger'' was a weekly

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published in Manhattan, New York. It was established in 1855 by

Robert E. Bonner Robert Edwin Bonner (April 28, 1824 – July 6, 1899) was an American publisher, now best known for ''The New York Ledger'', a weekly story newspaper. He owned famous trotting horses and he was a prominent supporter of the Presbyterian Church an ...

, by transforming the weekly financial journal called ''The Merchant's Ledger'' that he had purchased in 1851. Bonner turned the paper over to three sons to operate in 1887."Robert Bonner Is Dead"
''

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''. July 7, 1899. The date of last issue was 1898, when it was changed to ''The Ledger Monthly'', which disappeared by 1903."''The New York Ledger'': History and Context"
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at Google Books. Notable contributors included

Ethel Lynn Beers Ethel Lynn Beers (born Ethelinda Eliot; January 13, 1827 – October 11, 1879) was an American poet best known for her patriotic and sentimental Civil War poem " All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight". Biography Ethelinda Eliot was born in Go ...

Sylvanus Cobb, Jr. Sylvanus Cobb Jr. (June 5, 1823 – July 20, 1887) was an American writer of popular fiction during the mid-19th century. His work was published in the ''New York Ledger'', ''The Flag of Our Union'', ''The Weekly Novelette'', ''Gleason's Pic ...

(''

The Gunmaker of Moscow ''The Gunmaker of Moscow'' is a serial novel by Sylvanus Cobb Jr., first published in the ''New York Ledger'' starting on April 19, 1856. The first of Cobb's contributions to the ''Ledger'', it was extremely popular though never critically acclai ...

''),

Fanny Fern Fanny Fern (born Sara Payson Willis; July 9, 1811 – October 10, 1872), was an American novelist, children's writer, humorist, and newspaper columnist in the 1850s to 1870s. Her popularity has been attributed to a conversational style and sense ...

(whose first column appeared in 1855),

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, and

E. D. E. N. Southworth Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (December 26, 1819June 30, 1899) was an American writer of more than 60 novels in the latter part of the 19th century. She was the most popular American novelist of her day.

('' The Hidden Hand'', among many others). The ''Ledger''s principles were denoted to be "devoted", "choice literature", "romance", "the news", and "commerce". The ''Ledger'' also regularly published some of the most popular mid-century women poets including Sarah M. B. Piatt, Lydia Sigourney, and the Cary sisters, Alice and Phoebe.

Unrelated papers

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In popular culture

A special issue was printed TV-only especially for the '' CSI: New York'' episode "Civilized Lies", which was aired on January 11, 2013. The newspaper appeared in ''

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'' episode "Happily Ever After", which aired in October 23, 1990, and ''

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'' episode "The Diabolical Kind", which was aired on January 2, 2014. The newspaper also appeared in the mystery/crime series ''Person of Interest'', episode "Pretenders", which originally aired October 28, 2014. In ''

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'' season 4 episode 23 aired June 14, 2016, the fictional character Dr. Jody Kimball-Kinney read in the opening sequence a faux issue of the ''New York Ledger'' with the headline "Congress Passes Law Regulating Air Emission". Its typography is that of ''

''. The newspaper is a key in the plot of ''

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'' episode 14 of season 2, "The Third Man", which aired on January 25, 2010. Printed modern issues of the paper showed up in '' Law & Order: SVUs 2nd and 16th season episodes "Baby Killer" and "Surrendering Noah." It’s typography is identical to that of the New York Post, also used in Law & Order: Criminal Intent, S3E19 "Fico Di Capo". The newspaper is briefly shown during an opening montage of alternative history in the

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show '' For All Mankind'' in season two, episode 1.

References

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External links

"New York Ledger"
''Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls'', Stanford University Libraries
''Fanny Fern in the New York Ledger''
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