COLLECTION NAME:
Civil War Postal Covers
Record
Filename:
Southern Chivalry
Title:
Southern Chivalry
Subject:
Postal covers
Subject:
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description:
A postal cover with two faces showing differing expressions. First one is plump and happy; printed below it: 'One of the 'Southern Chivalry' after / reading the Southern account of the terror / stricken North.'
The second face is utterly shocked; printed below it: 'After reading Presid't Lincoln's Message, / calling for $400,000,000 and 400,000 men.'
Printed vertically at left: 'D. Murphy's Son, Print. 65 Fulton & 372 Pearl sts. N. Y.'
The second face is utterly shocked; printed below it: 'After reading Presid't Lincoln's Message, / calling for $400,000,000 and 400,000 men.'
Printed vertically at left: 'D. Murphy's Son, Print. 65 Fulton & 372 Pearl sts. N. Y.'
Date:
1861-1865
Format:
Printed envelope, 3 x 5.5 inches, cream envelope with blue ink.
Rights:
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