[Civil War envelope showing Columbia holding American flag and cornucopia next to an eagle with a snake in its beak, and with a verse from a song]
Summary
Addressed to Miss Julia A. Barnes, Granville, Bradford Co., Pa.; bears 3 cent stamp.
Verse from song Starry Flag by John Savage: We must keep that flag where it e'er has stood; In front of the free, the wise, and the good!! And fight and fall, at our country's call; To defend the flag of the people!
Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127).
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Date
01/01/1861
Contributors
Savage, John, 1828-1888.
Source
Library of Congress
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