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Contributor Anthony, Edward photographer.
Brady, Mathew B., 1823 (ca.)-1896 photographer.
Bufford, John Henry, 1810-1870 printer.
Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893 engraver.
Chappel, Alonzo, 1828-1887 artist.
Germon, W. L. photographer.
Magee, James printer.
Magnus, Charles printer.
Perine, George Edward, 1837-1885 engraver.
Herline & Hensel lithographer.
Dainty, John, publisher.
Gates, James, publisher.
Harbach & Brother, publisher.
Harpel, Oscar H. b. 1828, publisher.
Johnson & Fry, publisher.
Hedge, Franklin, b. ca. 1830, publisher.
Wm. S. & A. Martien, publisher.
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title Civil War scrapbook of envelopes and portraits [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1860-1910
Date ca. 1860-1910
Physical Description 1 scrapbook (ca. 250 prints, photographs, envelopes, stationery, and ephemera): engraving, lithograph, albumen on carte de visite mount, letter press work, inscription, autograph, photomechanical print; 32 x 25 cm.(12 x 9.5 in.)
Description Scrapbook containing portraiture, predominately patriotic envelopes, of Civil War military and political figures. Majority of the envelopes issued by prolific New York publisher Charles Magnus, with several from his series "Generals of the Potomac Army" and "Heroes of Successful Expeditions." Also contains portrait prints, stationery, and non-portrait and ephemera materials, including newspaper clippings, manuscript letters, autographs, playbills, an illustrated songsheet, and a performance program. Several of the portrait prints were originally published in the 1861-1863 volumes of "The Rebellion Record" edited by Frank Moore.
Majority of clippings detail the controversial death and funeral of Col. Edward D. Baker. Manuscript letters include correspondence from 28th PA Regt. Beck Band musician, Samuel A. Murray to John McAllister, Jr. about collecting Southern Civil War relics and letters. Also includes W.S. Hancock correspondence denying a citizen's pass to cross military lines. Songsheet, performance program, and majority of playbills relate to special performances, including an 1862 Washington birthday commemorative program, at the 28th Pennsylvania Regiment military camp. Ephemera materials include a facsimile of the correspondence from General Grant to General Buckner for unconditional surrender following the Battle of Fort Donelson, February 16, 1862 and plain envelope covers inscribed by Col. Frank P. Blair and General Henry Halleck (General-in-Chief). Other materials include a print and newspaper clipping showing the Merrimac and Monitor; a cartoon satirizing supporters of defeated 1860 Constitutional Unionist presidential nominee John Bell; a Ulysses S. Grant family portrait photomechanical reproduction from the Photo History of the Civil War (1910); and the autographs of generals John W. Geary, Samuel P. Heintzelman, and William S. Rosencrans. Also contains a small number of non-Civil War era items, including an A. & J.B. Bartholomew trade card promoting Grant for president and an invitation to an 1879 Philadelphia City Council reception for former President Grant.
Portraiture predominately depicts Edward Dickinson Baker; Nathaniel Prentiss Banks; John Bell; Louis Blenker, John C. Breckinridge; Ambrose Everett Burnside; Michael Corcoran; Samuel Ryan Curtis; Stephen Douglas; Samuel Du Pont; David Glasgow Farragut; Andrew H. Foote; John Geary; Ulysses S. Grant; Henry W. Halleck; Winfield Scott Hancock; Samuel P. Heintzelman; David Hunter; Nathaniel Lyon; Peter Lyle, Irvin McDowell; James A. Mulligan; Joshua Thomas Owen; Robert Patterson; John Pope; Benjamin M. Prentiss; Jesse Lee Reno; William S. Rosecrans; Richard Rush; Thomas W. Sherman; William T. Sherman; James Shields; Silas H. Stringham; Edwin V. Sumner; and James S. Wadsworth.
Notes Various artists and photographers including Edward Anthony, Mathew Brady, John Henry Bufford, John Chester Buttre, Alonzo Chappel, Washington Lafayette Germon, Herline & Hensel, James Magee, Charles Magnus, and George E. Perine.
Various publishers and distributors including John Dainty, James Gates, Harbach & Brother, Oscar H. Harpel, Franklin Hedge, Johnson & Fry, and Wm. S. & A. Martien.
Disbound and trimmed scrapbook pages re-housed in folders.
Oversize 1893 color lithograph "General Grant's Farewell Address to the Union Army in the Field 1865" removed to flat storage, see *GC-Grant [5758.F.69a].
Select link below for complete inventory of sitters.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject Baker, Edward Dickinson, 1811-1861 -- Portraits.
Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894 -- Portraits.
Bell, John, 1797-1869 -- Portraits.
Blenker, Louis, 1812-1863 -- Portraits.
Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875 -- Portraits.
Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881 -- Portraits.
Corcoran, Michael, 1827-1863 -- Portraits.
Curtis, Samuel Ryan, 1805-1866 -- Portraits.
Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861 -- Portraits.
Du Pont, Samuel Francis, 1803-1865 -- Portraits.
Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870 -- Portraits.
Foote, Andrew H. (Andrew Hull), 1806-1863 -- Portraits.
Geary, John White, 1819-1873 -- Portraits.
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 -- Portraits.
Halleck, H. W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872 -- Portraits.
Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886 -- Portraits.
Heintzelman, Samuel Peter, 1805-1880 -- Portraits.
Hunter, David, 1802-1886 -- Portraits.
Lyon, Nathaniel, d. 1861 -- Portraits.
Lyle, Peter 1821-1879, -- Portraits.
McDowell, Irvin, 1818-1885 -- Portraits.
Mulligan, James Adelbert, 1830-1864 -- Portraits.
Owen, Joshua Thomas, 1821-1887 -- Portraits.
Patterson, Robert, 1792-1881 -- Portraits.
Pope, John, 1822-1892 -- Portraits.
Prentiss, Benjamin M. (Benjamin Mayberry), 1819-1901 -- Portraits.
Reno, Jesse Lee, 1823-1862 -- Portraits.
Rosecrans, William S. (William Starke), 1819-1898 -- Portraits.
Rush, Richard Henry, 1824-1893 -- Portraits.
Sherman, Thomas W. (Thomas West), 1813-1879 -- Portraits.
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 -- Portraits.
Shields, James, 1806-1879 -- Portraits.
Stringham, Silas H., 1797-1876 -- Portraits.
Sumner, Edwin V. (Edwin Vose), 1797-1863 -- Portraits.
Wadsworth, James S. (James Samuel), 1807-1864 -- Portraits.
Genre Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Autographs -- 1860-1870.
Cartes de visite -- 1860-1870.
Envelopes -- 1860-1870.
Engravings -- 1860-1880.
Ephemera -- 1860-1880.
Group portraits -- 1860-1870.
Inscriptions -- 1860-1880.
Letterpress works -- 1860-1870.
Lithographs -- 1860-1880.
Photomechanical prints -- 1900-1910.
Portrait prints -- 1860-1870.
Portrait photographs -- 1860-1870.
Scrapbooks -- 1860-1910.
Stationery -- 1860-1870.
Printer Dainty, John, publisher.
Gates, James, publisher.
Harpel, Oscar H. (Oscar Henry), b. 1828, publisher.
Hedge, Franklin, b. ca. 1830, publisher.
Printer Harbach & Brother, publisher.
Johnson & Fry, publisher.
Wm. S. & A. Martien, publisher.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Print Room Annex - McAllister [(7)5785.F]
Accession number (7)5785.F

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