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Confederate States of America Ephemera Collection, 1861-1865 (inclusive).
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Creator
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896.
Contributor
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, former owner.
Title
Confederate States of America Ephemera Collection, 1861-1865 (inclusive).
Physical Description
1 box 1.67 linear ft.
Description
The collection contains financial instruments, forms, and ephemera that emanated from the South during the Civil War. The material was once kept in a folio album, and some of the documents, particularly the currency and newspaper clippings, remain attached to their album pages.
Folder 1 holds bonds and certificates, many uncut with coupons attached, and one album page with receipts for bonds. Folder 2 holds sixteen album pages of Confederate currency and a folder with fourteen loose dollar bills in various denominations, a few of which are labeled as facsimile notes (as part of their engraved design) and were printed in Philadelphia. There is also one page with Treasurer's bank checks, and a sheet of white paper with CSA watermarks, which is inscribed “Bank note paper manufactured for the Confederate States of America. Part of the cargo of the Blockage runner Bermuda captured 27 April 1862 & brot into the Port of Philadelphia.” Folder 3 holds clippings cut from unidentified newspapers, most of which contain announcements of regiment activities, bonds sales, defense loans, etc. Folder 4 holds ephemera printed with “Southern rights” and other secessionist slogans. Folder 5 holds miscellaneous material printed in the South, primarily government and military forms. There is also a blank sheet of light brown paper inscribed “Rebel writing paper from North Carolina.”
Notes
Confederate correspondence is filed in Series III of the McAllister Collection's Civil War Manuscripts (McA MSS 024).
Includes counterfeit currency that was featured on the program "Mysteries at the Museum" (Season 12, Episode 31, in the segment entitled "Civil War Counterfeiter"), which aired 2 February 2017.
Biographical / historical note
John A. McAllister was an antiquarian collector living in Philadelphia.
Subject
Confederate States of America. Army.
Counterfeits and counterfeiting.
Geographic subject
Confederate States of America.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Genre
Military records.
Clippings.
Ephemera.
Stock certificates.
Receipts (financial records).
Paper money.
Provenance
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, former owner.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts MSS| McA 5795.F (McAllister)
Accession number
5795.F (McAllister)
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Civil War Graphics and Ephemera
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