Envelope
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06627.03.104 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 bunch of men writing with quill pens, as someone stands at a podium behind them. The caption reads "Jeff announceth to ye rebell Cabinett ye Grayte scheme of invytynge Grayte Brittayne to send out a Royall Babbie to take chge of ye Cottonocracy of ye south - ye whych produceth mutch merrymeant among ue Cabinett aforesays."
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