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Life of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, commander of the Potomac army and the Napoleon of America. Dated 1861. This biographical pamphlet describes the accomplishments of Major General George B. McClellan, commander of the Army of the Potomac.…

The great naval battle between Ericsson's Monitor, and the Merrimac, March 9th, 1862. Dated between 1862 and 1865. This Civil War era envelope depicts a scene from the great naval battle between the Union’s Monitor and the Confederacy’s Merrimac.…

The Loyal States. Maine. Dated between 1861 and 1865. A patriotic Civil War envelope depicting a female, possibly Columbia, who holds the Union flag as she leans on a shield emblazoned with the state seal of Maine. The female rests her left foot atop…

The Rebel States. Alabama. Dated between 1861 and 1865. This Civil War envelope depicts a devil holding a shield emblazoned with the Alabama state seal in one hand and bearing the national flag of the Confederacy in his other.

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John Brown. Dated between 1861 and 1865. This Civil War era envelope depicts the abolitionist John Brown and bears the inscription, "His last words.—'I die for the inalienable right of mankind to freedom, whatever hue the skin may be.'"

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Victoria Rex thinks better of it and won't recognise traitors or harbo(u)r their pirate-eers. Dated between 1861 and 1865. This Civil War envelope depicts a dismissive Britain (Victoria Rex) mounted on a lion gazing at the young upstart Confederacy,…

A letter from Charles S. Westcott to Charles W. Moore. Dated November 21, 1855. In this letter, Westcott requests the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, accept the petition of a group of New York City Freemasons to unify with the…

Letter from President George Washington to Governor George Walton of Georgia. Dated August 4, 1789. In this letter, President George Washington sends a copy of the first tariff act passed by Congress, a Regulation of the Collection of Duties on…

A letter from Garrett Lawson Taylor to Jephtha Lodge, No. 11. Dated February 26, 1918. In this letter, Taylor, a resident of Brooklyn, New York, describes conditions on board the U.S.S. Leviathan, a World War I troop transport ship, during its first…

The Moon boardinghouse card. Dated between 1862 and 1864. This patriotic business card for Frederick Stieringer’s boardinghouse, “The Moon,” most likely served as an advertisement to soldiers and the family members of wounded Union soldiers who were…