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Why don't you take it? with Davis's response envelopes
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Title
Why don't you take it? with Davis's response envelopes
Date
1861-1865
Physical description
2 envelopes; 8 x 14 cm. (3 x 3.5 in.)
Notes
Image: In the top image, Winfield Scott is depicted as a bulldog who offers the skinny dog, representing Jefferson Davis, a side of beef labeled "Washington." The bottom envelope is Jefferson Davis's response, depicting him as a lion, standing on a boulder that says myriads of men and millions of money. Other emaciated animals are included in the scene, along with a battlefield in the background.
Verse 2752: Why don't you take it?
Verse 1159: Jeff's reply to why don't you take it.
Caption: Myriads of men, 23,000,000. Millions of money, $1,000,000,000,000. Don't want it now. We want to be let alone.
Genre
Patriotic envelopes 1860-1870
Coverage
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Is part of
Civil War Envelope Collection
Has format
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Provenance
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Identifier
Caricatures - Animals - Dogs and Caricatures - Animals - Other Mammals
Accession number
Envelope C-A-D-37a, C-A-O-63a
Bibliographic citation
William R. Weiss. The catalog of Union Civil War patriotic covers (Bethleham, Pa.: William R. Weiss, 1995).
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