Item Details Content statement PID islandora:32561 NYHS Identifier Print Room - PR-117 - Series I Member of Civil War envelopes, 1861-1865 Owning Institution New-York Historical Society Publisher New-York Historical Society Type Still Image
[N. P. Banks]. [N. P. Banks]. 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.' View Item
J. C. Breckinridge. J. C. Breckinridge. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 in. Portrait of J. C. Breckinridge with 'traitor' stamped vertically across him. White envelope with black and red ink. Image on left. Printed (in cursive) below image: 'J. C. Breckinridge.' View Item
Parson Brownlow. Parson Brownlow. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portrait of Parson Brownlow in front of the American flag. White envelope with colored ink. Image on left. Printed below image: 'Parson Brownlow.' Printed at right of image: 'Knoxville, April, 22, 1861, / CEN. GIDEON J. POLLOW. ' I have just received your message through / Mr. View Item
Col. Robert Anderson. Col. Robert Anderson. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portrait of Colonel Robert Anderson and a fort with a flag that says 'SUMTER.' White envelope with colored ink. Image on left. Printed above image: 'Yes, sir, trusting in God, we shall succeed in the high and responsible task before us. I have no doubt / at all of the ability of the Government to maintain the honor and integrity of the Republic. I rejoice at the / wonderful unanimity which I find pervading all classes everywhere. in my travels, in response to the main- / tenance of the Federal Union. View Item
Col. Birney's Twenty-Third Regiment P.V. Col. Birney's Twenty-Third Regiment P.V. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portrait of D. B. Birney. White envelope with black ink. Image on left. Printed at right of portrait: 'COL. BIRNEY'S / TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT P. V.' Printed vertically at left of portrait: 'Magee, 316 Chestnut street.' View Item
John Brown. John Brown. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portrait of John Brown. White envelope with black ink. Image on top-left. Printed above image: 'John Brown.' Printed at right of image: HIS LAST WORDS. - 'I die for the inalienable right of mankind to freedom, whatever hue / the skin may be.' Printed below image: 'Copyright secured by / Stimson & Co., 79 Cedar St., N. Y.' View Item
Jno. Bell. Jno. Bell. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portrait of John Bell with ""TRAITOR"" stamped across his forehead. Yellow envelope with black and red ink. Image on top-left. Printed below image: 'Jno. Bell [in cursive] / JOHN BELL, in a recent secession speech at Knoxville, / said, 'For himself he had taken his position. / The noose was probably around his neck, but he was frank to declare himself a rebel!' View Item
Lieut. Frank Brownell. Lieut. Frank Brownell. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portrait of Frank Brownell. White envelope with blue ink. Image on top-left. Printed below image: 'Lieut. Frank Brownell, / Who shot Jackson.' Printed vertically at left of image: 'Magee, 316 Chestnut St. Phila.' View Item
Col. Birney, Col. Baxter, Col. Gosline. Col. Birney, Col. Baxter, Col. Gosline. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portraits of David Bell Birney, DeWitt Clinton Baxter, and Colonel (later Brigadier General) John M. Gosline. White envelope with black ink. Image across top. View Item
Col. E. D. Baker, Killed at the battle of Ball's Bluff, Virginia, October 21st, 1861. Col. E. D. Baker, Killed at the battle of Ball's Bluff, Virginia, October 21st, 1861. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Liberty weeps, draping her arm and an American flag over a portrait of E. D. Baker. White envelope with colored ink. Image on left. Printed below image: 'PUBLISHED BY JAMES GATES, [?] / COL. E. D. BAKER, / Killed at the battle of Ball's Bluff, Virginia, / Oct 21st, 1861.' Printed to right of image: 'Ah! Never shall the land forget / how gushed the life-blood of her brave, / gushed, warm with hope and courage yet, / upon the soil they fought to save. - Bryant.' View Item
Scott & Anderson. Scott & Anderson. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portraits of Winfield Scott and Robert Anderson inset over the American flag. White envelope with brown ink. Image on left. Printed below image: 'SCOTT & / ANDERSON.' View Item
Burnside. Burnside. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portrait of Ambrose Burnside; name below the portrait. Cream envelope with brown ink. Image on top-left. View Item
James Buchanan. Judas. James Buchanan. Judas. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portrait of James Buchanan labeled. White envelope with black ink. Image on left. Printed below image: 'JAMES BUCHANAN. / JUDAS.' Printed at right of image: 'He was elected President by fraud and trickery! Under his as- / ministration the Treasury was robbed! duplicity and cowardice / marked his career! finally he sold his country to a band of / Southern conspirators, and now lives to be pointed at with the / finger of scorn, by all true men! and will go down to his grave / unlamented.' View Item
The Bragg fruit of Palmetto Tree-son. The Bragg fruit of Palmetto Tree-son. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Braxton Bragg hanging from a palm tree. White envelope with blue ink. Image on left. Printed below image: 'The BRAGG fruit of / Palmetto TREE-son.' View Item
[N. P. Banks]. [N. P. Banks]. 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.' View Item
J. C. Breckinridge. J. C. Breckinridge. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 in. Portrait of J. C. Breckinridge with 'traitor' stamped vertically across him. White envelope with black and red ink. Image on left. Printed (in cursive) below image: 'J. C. Breckinridge.' View Item
Parson Brownlow. Parson Brownlow. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portrait of Parson Brownlow in front of the American flag. White envelope with colored ink. Image on left. Printed below image: 'Parson Brownlow.' Printed at right of image: 'Knoxville, April, 22, 1861, / CEN. GIDEON J. POLLOW. ' I have just received your message through / Mr. View Item
Col. Robert Anderson. Col. Robert Anderson. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portrait of Colonel Robert Anderson and a fort with a flag that says 'SUMTER.' White envelope with colored ink. Image on left. Printed above image: 'Yes, sir, trusting in God, we shall succeed in the high and responsible task before us. I have no doubt / at all of the ability of the Government to maintain the honor and integrity of the Republic. I rejoice at the / wonderful unanimity which I find pervading all classes everywhere. in my travels, in response to the main- / tenance of the Federal Union. View Item
Col. Birney's Twenty-Third Regiment P.V. Col. Birney's Twenty-Third Regiment P.V. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portrait of D. B. Birney. White envelope with black ink. Image on left. Printed at right of portrait: 'COL. BIRNEY'S / TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT P. V.' Printed vertically at left of portrait: 'Magee, 316 Chestnut street.' View Item
John Brown. John Brown. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portrait of John Brown. White envelope with black ink. Image on top-left. Printed above image: 'John Brown.' Printed at right of image: HIS LAST WORDS. - 'I die for the inalienable right of mankind to freedom, whatever hue / the skin may be.' Printed below image: 'Copyright secured by / Stimson & Co., 79 Cedar St., N. Y.' View Item
Jno. Bell. Jno. Bell. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portrait of John Bell with ""TRAITOR"" stamped across his forehead. Yellow envelope with black and red ink. Image on top-left. Printed below image: 'Jno. Bell [in cursive] / JOHN BELL, in a recent secession speech at Knoxville, / said, 'For himself he had taken his position. / The noose was probably around his neck, but he was frank to declare himself a rebel!' View Item
Lieut. Frank Brownell. Lieut. Frank Brownell. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portrait of Frank Brownell. White envelope with blue ink. Image on top-left. Printed below image: 'Lieut. Frank Brownell, / Who shot Jackson.' Printed vertically at left of image: 'Magee, 316 Chestnut St. Phila.' View Item
Col. Birney, Col. Baxter, Col. Gosline. Col. Birney, Col. Baxter, Col. Gosline. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portraits of David Bell Birney, DeWitt Clinton Baxter, and Colonel (later Brigadier General) John M. Gosline. White envelope with black ink. Image across top. View Item
Col. E. D. Baker, Killed at the battle of Ball's Bluff, Virginia, October 21st, 1861. Col. E. D. Baker, Killed at the battle of Ball's Bluff, Virginia, October 21st, 1861. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Liberty weeps, draping her arm and an American flag over a portrait of E. D. Baker. White envelope with colored ink. Image on left. Printed below image: 'PUBLISHED BY JAMES GATES, [?] / COL. E. D. BAKER, / Killed at the battle of Ball's Bluff, Virginia, / Oct 21st, 1861.' Printed to right of image: 'Ah! Never shall the land forget / how gushed the life-blood of her brave, / gushed, warm with hope and courage yet, / upon the soil they fought to save. - Bryant.' View Item
Scott & Anderson. Scott & Anderson. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portraits of Winfield Scott and Robert Anderson inset over the American flag. White envelope with brown ink. Image on left. Printed below image: 'SCOTT & / ANDERSON.' View Item
Burnside. Burnside. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portrait of Ambrose Burnside; name below the portrait. Cream envelope with brown ink. Image on top-left. View Item
James Buchanan. Judas. James Buchanan. Judas. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portrait of James Buchanan labeled. White envelope with black ink. Image on left. Printed below image: 'JAMES BUCHANAN. / JUDAS.' Printed at right of image: 'He was elected President by fraud and trickery! Under his as- / ministration the Treasury was robbed! duplicity and cowardice / marked his career! finally he sold his country to a band of / Southern conspirators, and now lives to be pointed at with the / finger of scorn, by all true men! and will go down to his grave / unlamented.' View Item
The Bragg fruit of Palmetto Tree-son. The Bragg fruit of Palmetto Tree-son. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Braxton Bragg hanging from a palm tree. White envelope with blue ink. Image on left. Printed below image: 'The BRAGG fruit of / Palmetto TREE-son.' View Item
[N. P. Banks]. [N. P. Banks]. 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.' View Item
J. C. Breckinridge. J. C. Breckinridge. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 in. Portrait of J. C. Breckinridge with 'traitor' stamped vertically across him. White envelope with black and red ink. Image on left. Printed (in cursive) below image: 'J. C. Breckinridge.' View Item
Parson Brownlow. Parson Brownlow. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portrait of Parson Brownlow in front of the American flag. White envelope with colored ink. Image on left. Printed below image: 'Parson Brownlow.' Printed at right of image: 'Knoxville, April, 22, 1861, / CEN. GIDEON J. POLLOW. ' I have just received your message through / Mr. View Item
Col. Robert Anderson. Col. Robert Anderson. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portrait of Colonel Robert Anderson and a fort with a flag that says 'SUMTER.' White envelope with colored ink. Image on left. Printed above image: 'Yes, sir, trusting in God, we shall succeed in the high and responsible task before us. I have no doubt / at all of the ability of the Government to maintain the honor and integrity of the Republic. I rejoice at the / wonderful unanimity which I find pervading all classes everywhere. in my travels, in response to the main- / tenance of the Federal Union. View Item
Col. Birney's Twenty-Third Regiment P.V. Col. Birney's Twenty-Third Regiment P.V. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portrait of D. B. Birney. White envelope with black ink. Image on left. Printed at right of portrait: 'COL. BIRNEY'S / TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT P. V.' Printed vertically at left of portrait: 'Magee, 316 Chestnut street.' View Item
John Brown. John Brown. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portrait of John Brown. White envelope with black ink. Image on top-left. Printed above image: 'John Brown.' Printed at right of image: HIS LAST WORDS. - 'I die for the inalienable right of mankind to freedom, whatever hue / the skin may be.' Printed below image: 'Copyright secured by / Stimson & Co., 79 Cedar St., N. Y.' View Item
Jno. Bell. Jno. Bell. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portrait of John Bell with ""TRAITOR"" stamped across his forehead. Yellow envelope with black and red ink. Image on top-left. Printed below image: 'Jno. Bell [in cursive] / JOHN BELL, in a recent secession speech at Knoxville, / said, 'For himself he had taken his position. / The noose was probably around his neck, but he was frank to declare himself a rebel!' View Item
Lieut. Frank Brownell. Lieut. Frank Brownell. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portrait of Frank Brownell. White envelope with blue ink. Image on top-left. Printed below image: 'Lieut. Frank Brownell, / Who shot Jackson.' Printed vertically at left of image: 'Magee, 316 Chestnut St. Phila.' View Item
Col. Birney, Col. Baxter, Col. Gosline. Col. Birney, Col. Baxter, Col. Gosline. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portraits of David Bell Birney, DeWitt Clinton Baxter, and Colonel (later Brigadier General) John M. Gosline. White envelope with black ink. Image across top. View Item
Col. E. D. Baker, Killed at the battle of Ball's Bluff, Virginia, October 21st, 1861. Col. E. D. Baker, Killed at the battle of Ball's Bluff, Virginia, October 21st, 1861. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Liberty weeps, draping her arm and an American flag over a portrait of E. D. Baker. White envelope with colored ink. Image on left. Printed below image: 'PUBLISHED BY JAMES GATES, [?] / COL. E. D. BAKER, / Killed at the battle of Ball's Bluff, Virginia, / Oct 21st, 1861.' Printed to right of image: 'Ah! Never shall the land forget / how gushed the life-blood of her brave, / gushed, warm with hope and courage yet, / upon the soil they fought to save. - Bryant.' View Item
Scott & Anderson. Scott & Anderson. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portraits of Winfield Scott and Robert Anderson inset over the American flag. White envelope with brown ink. Image on left. Printed below image: 'SCOTT & / ANDERSON.' View Item
Burnside. Burnside. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portrait of Ambrose Burnside; name below the portrait. Cream envelope with brown ink. Image on top-left. View Item
James Buchanan. Judas. James Buchanan. Judas. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portrait of James Buchanan labeled. White envelope with black ink. Image on left. Printed below image: 'JAMES BUCHANAN. / JUDAS.' Printed at right of image: 'He was elected President by fraud and trickery! Under his as- / ministration the Treasury was robbed! duplicity and cowardice / marked his career! finally he sold his country to a band of / Southern conspirators, and now lives to be pointed at with the / finger of scorn, by all true men! and will go down to his grave / unlamented.' View Item
The Bragg fruit of Palmetto Tree-son. The Bragg fruit of Palmetto Tree-son. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Braxton Bragg hanging from a palm tree. White envelope with blue ink. Image on left. Printed below image: 'The BRAGG fruit of / Palmetto TREE-son.' View Item