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Envelope

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06627.03.111 Author/Creator: Place Written: Various Places Type: Envelope Date: 1861-1865 ca. Pagination: Envelope Height: 8 cm, Width: 13.9 cm Order a Copy

The envelope has a image of a man with a umbrella and a bag talking to another man. The caption reads, "Russell Envelope. Russell complaining that his comunications have been "tampered with"-See Telegraph Reports."

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