Details
Title Friend Susan and Friend Broadbrim envelope
Publisher Philadelphia : Magee, 316 Chestnut St.
Date 1861-1865
Physical description 1 envelope; 8 x 14 cm. (3 x 3.5 in.)
Notes Image: A Quaker woman carrying a parasol encounters another Friend, who carries a bayonet to a Friends' Meeting. A group of soldiers are lined up in the background. Mocks the Quaker pacifists who didn't want to contribute to the bloodshed.
Verse 679: Friend Susan -- Why, Friend Broadbrim, what is thee doing with a musket and soldier clothes on! Friend Broadbrim -- I am going to the Friends' Meeting. Friend Susan -- Well, if thee does so, I hope the spirit will move thee to do something.
Genre Patriotic envelopes 1860-1870
Subject Quakers -- Caricatures and cartoons
Coverage United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Is part of Civil War Envelope Collection
Has format TMP.objres.5462.jpg
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Identifier Caricatures - People
Accession number Envelope C-P-F-7
Bibliographic citation William R. Weiss. The catalog of Union Civil War patriotic covers (Bethleham, Pa.: William R. Weiss, 1995).