| Title |
Tax man envelope |
| Date |
1861-1865 |
| Physical description |
1 envelope; 8 x 14 cm. (3 x 3.5 in.) |
| Notes |
Image: A taxman holds out a quill in his left hand, and holds an ink bottle in his right. Tax forms are tucked under his right
arm. He stands in front of a cotton bale. A white plantation owner gives up his last slave, a young African American boy.
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Verse 1843: Secession devouring its children. Taxman--Your taxes for King Davis are due again. Planter--Well take my last
Slave--you have robbed me of all the rest.
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| Genre |
Patriotic envelopes 1860-1870 |
| Coverage |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. |
| Is part of |
Civil War Envelope Collection |
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Civil War Envelope Collection |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.5437.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector |
| Identifier |
Caricatures - People |
| Accession number |
Envelope C-P-S-8 |
| Bibliographic citation |
William R. Weiss. The catalog of Union Civil War patriotic covers (Bethleham, Pa.: William R. Weiss, 1995). |
