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E Pluribus Unum seal with Union flags envelope
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Title
E Pluribus Unum seal with Union flags envelope
Publisher
S. Bott.
Date
1861-1865
Physical description
1 envelope; 8 x 14 cm. (3 x 3.5 in.)
Notes
Image: Stationery package with an image of the "E Pluribus Unum" seal, which depicts an eagle clutching arrows in its talons. Includes a shield decorated with the stars and stripes. Two Union flags flank the seal and drape over an arch.
Caption: Victory Package / 15 sheets commercial note paper. 16 buff envelopes. 5 white envelopes. 1 superior pen. 1 accommodation pen holder. 1 best quality pencil. 33 patriotic songs. 1 self-ruler for superscribing letters. 1 design for ladies' undersleeves. 1 design for child's apron. 1 design for ladies' embroidered collar. 1 design for infants' christening robe. 2 designs for marking letters. Also one piece of beautiful jewerly. / Receipts. For making gold, silver, silver-plating fluid, oreide, ladelible ink, bichromatic writing fluid, western cider without apples, honey without bees. Also for making whiskers grow, and hair to curl in beautiful ringlets. Secrets for catching game, foxes, and fish. And a complete cure for Rheumatism. A currency table, showing the value of a greenback in gold.
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
Other Subjects - Miscellaneous - Novelty - LCP
Accession number
Envelope O-M-Novelty-LCP-10
Bibliographic citation
William R. Weiss. The catalog of Union Civil War patriotic covers (Bethleham, Pa.: William R. Weiss, 1995).
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