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Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portrait of Nathaniel Prentiss Banks. Yellow envelope with black ink. Image on top-left. Printed below image: 'There should be but one subject in the / mind of any citizen of the United States at / this time, that of preserving the government.'
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Nathaniel Prentice (or Prentiss) Banks (January 30, 1816 - September 1, 1894) was a Union Major General during the American Civil. He also served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts' 5th, 6th, and 7th congressional districts, as the 25th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and, just prior to the war, as the 24th Governor of Massachusetts.
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islandora:32565
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Publisher: New-York Historical Society
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[N. P. Banks].
