A postal cover showing "Art Ward" in top left corner, with entire 'speech' written complete with misspellings and mocking southern accents, in small wrap around text on the front of the envelope.
On verso: Camp Denison near Cincinnati. (Camp scene with soldiers, lines of tents, locomotive, and man standing next to a mortar.) Printed in blue ink.
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The speech is meant to mock Charles Farrar Browne's nom de plume 'Atemus Ward.' Charles Farrar Browne (1834 – 1867) was an American humor writer, better known under his nom de plume, Artemus Ward. He is considered one of the first American stand-up comedians.
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A postal cover showing "Art Ward" in top left corner, with entire 'speech' written complete with misspellings and mocking southern accents, in small wrap around text on the front of the envelope.
On verso: Camp Denison near Cincinnati. (Camp scene with soldiers, lines of tents, locomotive, and man standing next to a mortar.) Printed in blue ink.
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The speech is meant to mock Charles Farrar Browne's nom de plume 'Atemus Ward.' Charles Farrar Browne (1834 – 1867) was an American humor writer, better known under his nom de plume, Artemus Ward. He is considered one of the first American stand-up comedians.
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