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- Image: Depicts an anchor and an unidentified object crossed within a shield. Designated as the symbol of the 9th Corps, 1st Division, which started with an expedition to North Carolina under Ambrose E. Burnside., Verse 2849: 9th Corps, 1st Division., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
- Image: Union soldiers stand with flags, cannons and shields around bust portraits of both Abraham Lincoln and John C. Fremont. The banner below the portraits reads: "Review of the Army"., Verse 1305: Maj. Gen. Freemont., Verse: 1784: Review of the Army., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
- Propaganda envelopes published by various publishers predominately utilizing racist caricatures and satires of African Americans in relation to Jefferson Davis, slavery, and secession to promote Union support of the Civil War. Satires utilize themes of inversion of social roles, retribution, and Northern superiority. Includes envelopes with same graphic and variant text or title; sexually explicit illustrations; images originally published in different media such as cartoons; and one Southern imprint promoting a united Confederacy as the safeguard of slavery. Some caricatures portray African Americans with exaggerated features and speaking in the vernacular., Includes images of enslaved people seeking freedom, as living "contraband of war," celebrating, or depicted as the shyster character Jim Crow; depictions of the "peculiar institution" of slavery showing a white enslaver in bed with an enslaved African American woman, her breast visible, and who is breastfeeding a white baby; secession equated to African American freedom seekers, economic destruction of the South, and the moral corruption of people emancipated from enslavement; Jefferson Davis caricatured as a traitor in execution and imprisonment scenes overseen by enslaved people; and views of enslaved people working on plantations with text declaring the end of "King Cotton." During the Civil War, the U.S. government declared African American freedom seekers as “contraband of war.”, Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content., Some copyrighted by Magee and Harbach & Brother., Various publishers including: Philadelphia publishers John Magee, S.C. Upham, Harbarch & Bro., and King & Baird; New York publisher Charles Magnus; and Charleston, S.C. publisher G.W. Falen. Other publishers located in New York, Buffalo, Hartford, Cincinnati, and Lancaster, Pa., See Steven Berry's "When mail was armor: envelopes of the Great Rebellion," Southern culture (Fall 1998)., Probably originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War envelopes., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Image: Before and after scenes, showing fighting Union and Confederate soldiers, who eventually end up together blanketed under the Union flag. An angel watches over the scene. In the after scene a female African American doll is awkwardly discarded on the floor, and not included under the Union blanket., Verse 146: As it is/As it will be/God watche's over them., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
- Image: Two cavalrymen are talking in the foreground. They are surrounded by wounded soldiers on the field. The battle continues on in the right background. A town is visible in the right background., Verse 163: Battle at Newbern, N.C., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
- Image: Smoke rises up from a battle scene, where rows of soldiers advance toward those already fighting. A cavalryman rides behind the group and holds an upraised sword. Wounded men are scattered throughout the field., Verse 171: Battle of Mill Spring, Ky., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
- Image: A racist depiction of an African American man's head replaces the top of an eye dropper, which rests on a bottle labeled "Black drop.", Verse 50: A popular medicine used by the C.S.A. aristocracy, that cannot be obtained in any northern apothecary shop, being com-pound-ed, exclusively on the sacred soil., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
- Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Specimen sheet containing twelve numbered examples of Civil War envelope vignettes published by the Bruce New York Type Foundry also known as George Bruce's Son & Co. Designs depict the American flag. Some include the American eagle; military personal; a patriotic-themed border; or historic figures. Vignettes also include prices, ranging between 50 cents and 2 dollars, for plain or two-colors.
- Image: Depicts two different scenes. On the left hand side is a group of four women who sit and stand around a shield, a flag, and a sword. Three of them hold something in their hands, including a bird, a caduceus, and an olive branch. On the right hand side of the envelope is an image depicting the elevation of the Building Dedicated to Art., Verse 233: Building Dedicated to Art, opposite the War Department., Caption: Our Land of Liberty one and Inseparable / No North, No South, No East, No West., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
- Image: Depicts two scenes, the left hand side shows Lady Liberty standing with an upraised flag in her right hand, and her left hand raised to shield her eyes. The phrase "For the Union" is superimposed onto the American flag. The image on the right side of the envelope is the seal of California, which depicts Minerva, the grizzly the bear, grain, a miner, and sailing ships., Caption: California., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
- Image: Depicts cavalrymen lined up in rows, in front of rows of tents and tethered horses at Camp Barcly. Smoke rises from all of the tents., Caption: Camp BARCLY, Meridian Hill D.C., 1st Lancers 6th Penna Cavalry. Col. R.H. Rush. - Lt. Col. J.H. McArthur - Major C. Ross Smith - Jun. Major, Robert Morris, Jr., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
- Image: Depicts soldiers marching in formation with rifles, led by an officer riding a horse. Rows of tents are visible in the background., Caption: Camp Davies, near Upton Hill, VA, 142nd Regt. N.Y. Vols. Col. Roscius W. Judson, Lieut. Col. N. Martin Curtis, Maj. Nolteau G. Axtell., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
- Image: Soldiers talk, exercise, train, and stand guard at Camp Seminary. The ornate Virginia Theological Seminary sits in the background, behind rows of tents., Caption: Camp Seminary, VA., 1st Regt. New Jersey Vol., Col. A.T.A. Torbert., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
- Image: A cherub-like figure sits near a wheel, an urn, an open book, and flowers that frame the verse. The masts of a ship are visible in the background., Verse 973: "I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee: But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee.", Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
- 5793.F.33a contains inscriptions about ream price., Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of Civil War miscellanies and materials related to George McClellan., Seven of the collection trimmed., Collection includes ream wrappers for ruled note paper from Ellsworth Mills; Fremont Mills; McClellan Mills; Parsons Paper Co. (Holyoke, Mass.); and S.C. Upham (Philadelphia, Pa.). Also includes two "Union Note Paper" wrappers issued from unidentified sources. Majority of wrappers contain ornate borders and patriotic designs including eagles, the figure of Liberty, portraits of Elmer Ellsworth and George McClellan, and military iconography.
- Image: A snake supports two criss-crossed Confederate flags. Includes a full-length view of woman (Victory) in armor, underneath of the phrase "Sic Semper Tyrannus"., Verse: Don't Tread on Us., Caption: Ever ready with our lives and fortunes., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
- Image: Here, printed in tones of brown, is a shield with three flags on each side. The shield bears the image of the palmetto, the quarter-moon and a star. Atop it is the cap of Liberty., Verse: Bold, but wary., Caption: Southern Rights. Death Before Dishonor., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector