Envelope
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06627.03.016 Author/Creator: Place Written: [various places] Type: Envelope Date: 1861-1865 ca. Pagination: Envelope ; 8.2 x 14.5 cm. Order a Copy
The envelope has a image of agentleman talking to two ladies with a caption that reads " How Russel Got His News. Russel- Pray tell me all you know about the fight, so I can put my English friends all right. Old Woman- Oh! there was a Rustling Time. The cap'ured all the North, Swords, Guns and Shields. And put them all to work in the Coton Fields."
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