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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04975 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Broadside Date: January 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 28.9 cm, Width: 12.1 cm Order a Copy

A poetic broadside, attacking speculators and stressing the need for patriotism. Contains 15 stanzas, each with a faded ink "X" next to it. Signed "A.H.B." The broadside calls on Confederates to fight rather than "speculate" at home. Expounds upon the necessity for fiscal self-control among civilians to avoid inflation. Printed on "necessity" paper.

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