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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00496.017 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents: Miscellaneous Dates |
| Title | Civil war patriotic postal cover collection |
| Date | 1861-1865 |
| Document Type | Artwork; Miscellany |
| Content Description | Two scrapbooks with 2133 covers and some broadsides pasted in. (Note: Three broadsides in these scrapbooks have been separately numbered as .018-.020.) Containing many unusual Union covers, a number of which are rare and unlisted in Wolcott. Scarce designs from printers such as Magnus, Berlin & Jones, etc., with single, tonal or multicolor designs. Includes four 1864 presidential tickets. The first volume includes: Magnus multi-color state seal designs on pp. 13-15 and 29-32, and 81-84; the matched set of five Lincoln-Davis Price Fight covers, p. 21; alligator design, p. 35; Berlin and Jones design, p. 56; Southern design (printed in North), p. 57-62; Uncle Sam's farm series, p. 10; hanging Jefferson Davis, p 94; Magnus violet and green designs, pp. 110-131; the Lament series of 7 covers, p.133; Magnus bronze series, pp. 181-2; and many others. The second volume includes several rare designs on p.1 and p. 28; Magnus multi-color state seals on pp. 3,5,7, 9; rare Berlin & Jones covers on p.31. |
| Subjects | Civil War Patriotic Stationery and Postal Covers President Election Union Forces Confederate States of America Confederate General or Leader |
| Place written | [various places] |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Arts & Literature |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |