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[one side of a Great Central Fair for the Sanitary Commission envelope]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04641 Author/Creator: Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Envelope Date: 13 May 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : illustrated Height: 8.3 cm, Width: 14.1 cm Order a Copy

Includes a printed scene depicting a wounded Union soldier in the foreground and a United States Sanitary Commission horse-drawn wagon in the background. Addressed to Mrs. Hugh Davids.

Davids, Hugh, Mrs., fl. 1864

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