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Champion prize envelope, Lincoln & Davis in 5 rounds. 4th Round.

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. Winfield Scott and William Seward in boxing ring in which Lincoln 'fought' Davis in another image printed on Civil War envelopes. Lincoln stands outside the ring as Union army retreats. Cream envelope with black ink. Image covers sheet. Printed above image: 'CHAMPION PRIZE ENVELOPE LINCOLN AND DAVIS IN 5 ROUNDS. / 4TH ROUND.' Printed below image, at center: 'SEWARD: GENERAL WHERE IS SECESSION NOW?

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Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. Winfield Scott and William Seward in boxing ring in which Lincoln 'fought' Davis in another image printed on Civil War envelopes. Lincoln stands outside the ring as Union army retreats. Cream envelope with black ink. Image covers sheet. Printed above image: 'CHAMPION PRIZE ENVELOPE LINCOLN AND DAVIS IN 5 ROUNDS. / 4TH ROUND.' Printed below image, at center: 'SEWARD: GENERAL WHERE IS SECESSION NOW? / SCOTT: DON'T YOU SEE THAT GREASESPOT?' Printed at lower-right of image: 'VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY / MAY NOW BE HEARD IN BEHALF / OF THE WHOLE UNION.' Printed at lower-right edge of envelope: 'Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1861 by T. S. PEIRCE in the Clerk's Office of the Southern District of N. Y.'
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William Henry Seward (May 16, 1801 - October 10, 1872) was the 12th Governor of New York, a U.S. Senator from New York, and the 24th Secretary of State, serving in that post during the American Civil War. An assassination attempt was made on Seward on the same night as Abraham Lincon was assassinated, botth attempts having been part of the same plot. John Jordan Crittenden (September 10, 1787 - July 26, 1863) served several non-consecutive terms as a U.S. Senator from Kentucky, was the 17th Governor of Kentucky, was both the 15th and 22nd Attorney General of the United States, and was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 8th congressional district for one term during the American Civil War. John Minor Botts (September 16, 1802 - January 8, 1869) was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Henrico County, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 6th and 11th congressional districts, and Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs. Though a public servant from Virginia, as despite Virginia's secession from the Union, Botts supported the Union and was a member of the United States Constitutional Union Party. During the war, he was arrested and jailed for his political allegiances. Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865) was the sixteenth President of the United States. As Commander in Chief of the United States, he led the Union during the Civil War. On April 15, he was shot in the back of the head at Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln died shortly therafter. Winfield Scott (June 13, 1786 - May 29, 1866) served as a General in the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, and the American Civil War on the Union side. A member of the Whig party, he ran an unsuccessful campaign for as the Whig nominee for President of the United States in 1852.
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