Liberty or death [graphic]

Title

Description

Liberty or death. Dated between 1861 and 1865. This Civil War envelope serves as an advertisement for the Haines' envelope holder. In addition to the company's advertisement, the envelope depicts images of an American shield, a liberty cap, the Constitution, a bible, and a rattlesnake with the word "secession" drawn on its body and pierced by an arrow.

Note: Title from item.

Subject

Advertisements -- 1860-1870.

Covers (Philately) -- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.

Envelopes (Stationery).

Liberty caps (Headgear) -- Pictorial works.

Patriotic envelopes -- 1860-1870.

Rattlesnakes -- Pictorial works.

Shields -- Pictorial works.

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Art and the war.

Source

Collection of Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, Lexington, Massachusetts. USM 017

Publisher

Whittemore, John M.

Date

between 1861 and 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.

Identifier

A1985/012/0297

Coverage

United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston

Is Part Of

William Caleb Loring Illustrated Envelope Collection. See the Museum Archives for more information regarding this collection.

Illustrated Patriotic Envelopes of the American Civil War exhibition

Extent

1 item ; 9 x 16 cm.

Provenance

Gift of William Caleb Loring.

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Collection

American Civil War Collection

Citation

“Liberty or death [graphic],” digitalVGW, accessed December 5, 2023, https://digitalvgw.omeka.net/items/show/852.