Eagles

Sketch: 1 p. A drawing of an American Eagle sitting on a tree branch, looking down to its right at a snake with a man's head. The snake represents the Copperhead movement, and in particular Clement L. Vallandigham. The snake is facing a group of people who are situated underneath the eagle. This sketch means to respond to the Copperhead movement. On verso of leaf and upside down.

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Uncle Sam holding a flag out to a man who has fallen off a dock loaded with provisions. The drowning man's hat is labeled 'south.' An alligator labeled 'secession' looks on. White envelope with black ink and applied color. Image on left. Printed as being spoken by Uncle Sam: 'I say old fellow just hold on to this ere Flag / or 'YOU ARE LOST.' Printed at bottom right of envelope: 'Copyright secured by BERLIN & JONES 134 WILLIAM ST NY.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Liberty, holding banner bearing title and motto, sits with American shield, eagle, and New York state seal. White envelope with orange ink. Image on left with banner across top and shield in top-right corner. Printed on banner: 'NEW YORK / LOYAL TO THE UNION.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Liberty, holding banner bearing title and motto, sits with American shield, eagle, and Connecticut state seal. White envelope with orange ink. Image on left with banner across top and shield in top-right corner.

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Seal with deer in center, flags and eagle. White envelope with blue ink. Image on left. Printed vertically at left of image: 'A. S. Robinson, Hartford.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Union sailor standing in front of flag, shield, and eagle. White envelope with grey ink. Image on left. Printed below image: 'A BLOW FOR THE UNION.' Printed at right of image, below eight stars: 'HATTERAS.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. General Winfield Scott as an eagle with a plumed generals hat on stands on the Constitution with a saber across it. A crow sits on a bale of cotton next to a keg. White envelope with red and black ink. Image on left side. Printed below image: 'I think you've SAUCE enough, sly bird, / And e'er you further go, / You'll get some red-hot PEPPER, / That will make you 'jump Jim Crow.'

Pictorial envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Dual oval portraits of Lincoln and Johnson with flags and an eagle atop them. Yellow envelope with black ink. Image on left side, motto across top. Printed to right of image: 'The Union to be maintained at all hazards. / Paramount authority of the Constitution and Laws. / Suppression of the rebellion by force of arms. / Unconditional surrender the only terms.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Image of Lincoln in a decorative border with an eagle on top and flags draped below. Another image of Lincoln chopping wood outside his log cabin. Orange envelope with black ink. Image on left side and top of envelope. Printed below image of Lincoln: 'PRESIDENT, / ABRAHAM LINCOLN / VICE-PRESIDENT / HANNIBAL HAMLIN.' Printed quotation below image of Lincoln chopping wood: 'Constitution and the Union - Harmony and Prosperity to all.' - LINCOLN.' Printed vertically to left of portrait of Lincoln: 'S. RAYNOR, Envelope Manufacturer, New York.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/4 in. A bull (John) sticking his foot in a trap entitled Secession. The eagle warns him not to step in it. The Rooster with epaulets, Napoleon, tells him Bravo. Various inscriptions label particular symbolic images and characters.

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Eagle with American shield. Scene in background includes train and ships. White envelope with black ink and applied color. Image on top-left.

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Eagle with wings spread perched next to American shield with ship in background. White envelope with black ink. Image on left. 'Boston & NY,' handwritten in pencil on verso.

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 1/2 x 6 in. Eagle holds a dead snake in beak and another in claws as many smaller snakes slither in surrounding grass. American flag behind eagle with Andrew Jackson and John Calhoun watching from top corners. White envelope with colored ink. Image covers sheet.

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Eagle with wings spread perched on a quill of arrows with American shield and draped flags behind him. White envelope with blue ink. Image on top. Printed at left of image: 'NEW YORK UNION ENVELOPE DEPOT, 144 BROADWAY.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Seal showing dead eagle on American shield, 'pluribus unum' above and with flags and shield below. Image on left. White envelope with brown ink covering most of recto. Printed on banner at top of image: 'United States of America.' Printed at right of image: 'THE WAR / FOR THE UNION.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Eagle in flight with American flag and olive branch clasped in claws. White envelope with blue ink and applied color. Image in top-left.

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Eagle in flight carrying American flag with its beak. White envelope with colored ink. Addressed to [Mipas White (?)] / Boston / Mass. Three-cent stamp postmarked Jun 7(?), New (York?)

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. American Eagle in flight over text. Beige envelope with red ink. Image on top-left. Refers to attack on the 6th Massachusetts Infantry as it was travelling through Baltimore, April 19, 1861. Printed below image: 'THE FIRST BLOOD. / The first blood was shed in our Liberty's cause, / Was shed by the men of the Old Bay State, / And now from the world she received her applause, / For again she bleeds first, to seal Treacher's fate. / April, 19, 1861.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Eagle, standing on American flag, holding feathers (or a scalp) in his beak of a rooster labeled 'secession' who skulks away dripping blood. White envelope with colored ink. Image on top-left. Printed below image: 'How our American eagle serves the secession rooster.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Three African-Americans watch as Jefferson Davis is carried off by an eagle. Davis holds flag bearing skull and cross bones. Yellow envelope with black ink. Image on left. Says Jefferson Davis: 'O! Lord! / Let me alone.' Says the African American woman (at center): 'Golly, Mas'a Jeff; / You's in a bad fix / sure enough.' Printed below image: Uncle Sam sends his Bird after / Traitor Jeff.'