Thus will it ever be with tyrants : Virginia the mighty card [graphic]
Title
Thus will it ever be with tyrants : Virginia the mighty card [graphic]
Description
Thus will it ever be with tyrants. Virginia the mighty card. Dated about 1865. This pro-Confederate trading card for the state of Virginia depicts a patriotic shield adorned by Confederate flags and the Virginia state seal. An example of a trading card matching this description was discovered in the boardinghouse of Mary Surratt after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Note: Title from item.
Note: Title from item.
Subject
Source
Collection of the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, Lexington, Massachusetts. USM 300.006
Date
about 1865
Rights
This image is presented for research and educational purposes only, and may not be distributed or re-published without permission from the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library.
Language
English
Identifier
A2018/029/003
Coverage
Is Part Of
Carl E. Wahlstrom ephemera collection.
References
Kauffman, Michael W. (2007). American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies. New York: Random House Publishing Group.
Extent
1 item ; 8 x 12 cm.
Provenance
Gift of Estate of Carl Wahlstrom
Collection
Citation
“Thus will it ever be with tyrants : Virginia the mighty card [graphic],” digitalVGW, accessed April 25, 2024, https://digitalvgw.omeka.net/items/show/1112.