| Title |
Corn is king envelope |
| Date |
1861-1865 |
| Physical description |
1 envelope; 8 x 14 cm. (3 x 3.5 in.) |
| Notes |
Image: Anti-confederate envelope depicting a young white worker harvesting corn. "Cotton is king" refers to Great Britain's
reliance on the South's cotton supply, but in fact, Britain needed grain more than cotton from the states.
|
|
Verse 460: Corn (not cotton) is king. |
| Genre |
Patriotic envelopes 1860-1870 |
| Coverage |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. |
| Is part of |
Civil War Envelope Collection |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.5458.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector |
| Identifier |
Caricatures - People |
| Accession number |
Envelope C-P-C-1b |
| Bibliographic citation |
William R. Weiss. The catalog of Union Civil War patriotic covers (Bethleham, Pa.: William R. Weiss, 1995). |
