[Great Central Fair for the Sanitary Commission envelope]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04642 Author/Creator: Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Envelope Date: circa 1864 Pagination: 1 envelope : illustrated Height: 7.8 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 Joseph Reese Fry, who served as an organizer of the Union League of Philadelphia and as Chairman of the Committee on Musical Entertainments of the Sanitary Fair.
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