Rough and ready cabin, The Hermitage, Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota, August 5th, 1876: In memoriam. Captain Frank William Halsted, born A.D. 1833, died A.D. 1876

Printed in two columns divided by single line within mourning border. Main text is poem in 15 numbered eight-line stanzas entitled: Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep. Name of poem's author not on item. At end of text below rule: Major Halsted, to Congregational Church Sunday School, Rev. Chas. B. Sheldon, Pastor, Excelsior, Minn.