Allegories

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Zouave soldier carrying the American flag and a short knife. He is depicted on a battlefield with explosions in the background. White envelope with several ink colors. Image on left side. Printed below image: 'When thus our hosts go proudly forth, / Let foes beware the Spirit of the North!'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Uncle Sam fishing in a pond labeled 'SECESSION' for fish labeled with the names of the Confederate states. He is using a cannon as bait. Other Civil War-era terminology labels the other objects featured in the image. White envelope with black ink and applied color. Image on left. Printed below image: 'COPY RIGHT SECURED BY BERLIN & JONES 134 WILLIAM ST. N. Y.'

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, wrapped in American flag, holds New Hampshire state seal. White envelope with red and blue ink. Red Phrygian cap hand from a staff at upper left. Image on left. Border and decorative pattern cover sheet. 'LOYAL TO / THE UNION. / STATE OF / NEW HAMPSHIRE' inscribed on printed stone tablet.

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Liberty, holding American flag and leaning on Minnesota state seal, with Confederate flag beneath her foot. White envelope with blue ink. Image on left. Printed above image: 'THE LOYAL STATES.' Printed on banner, at right: 'MINNESOTA.' Printed in background: 'UNION.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Liberty in clouds, holding American flag and Illinois state seal. White envelope with colored ink. Image on left with 'Union' on top-right in stars and stripes. 'LOYAL TO THE UNION' printed across the envelope.

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Liberty, wrapped in American flag, holds Delaware state seal. White envelope with red and blue ink. Image on left. Border and decorative pattern cover sheet.

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. Woman stepping into a tub, labeled 'SECESSION,' that is full of steaming hot water. White envelope with black ink. Image on left. Printed below image: 'Poor deluded Miss-Souri takes a / Secession bath, and finds it much / hotter than she expected!' Printed vertically at left of image: 'D. Murphy's Son, Print. 65 Fulton & 372 Pearl Street. N. Y.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Revolutionary War soldier in battle with American flag and drum in background. White envelope with black ink and applied color. Image on left.

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Large ship with full sails labeled 'U. STATES' and flying the American flag chases a small ship with empty sails labeled 'JEFF DAVIS' and flying the Confederate flag. Yellow envelope with red and blue ink. Image on left. Printed below image: 'Privateering under difficulties.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/4 in. The devil depicted as a gnarled tree root. White envelope with blue ink. Image on left side. Printed below image: 'The Root of Treason. / Found in the 'Sacred Soil' / of Virginia. / S. C. Upham, 310 Chestnut St.

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 1/8 x 5 3/8 in. Devil sitting hunched over a whiskey barrel holding a flag. White envelope with red and blue ink. Image on left side. Printed on container: 'C. S. A / WHISKEY.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Two devils running, one carries 'Gen. B' under his arm the other 'J. D.' under his arm. Pink envelope with blue ink. Image on top-left. Printed below image: 'JEFF AND BEAUREGARD on their LAST RIDE. / Traitor Jeff and his Vice Cotton, Stephens, / Are now driven to their last kick- / First by the night mare of secession. / And then by the imps of Old Nick.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. General Scott's head blazing through a starry sky as if it were a comet, leaving a trail behind it. White envelope with blue ink. Image on left side. Printed above image: 'ABOUT THIS TIME YOU WILL HEAR THUNDER.' Printed below image: 'THE GREAT 'COMET' OF 1861.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Lincoln's head as the falling comet in a starry sky. Cream envelope with red and blue ink. Image on left side. Printed below image: 'STAR OF THE NORTH, OR THE COMET OF 1861.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Bullets depicted as pills and grape clusters. Yellow envelope with blue ink. Image across top half of envelope. Printed below image: 'LINCOLN PILLS AND BRAGG GRAPES. / Pub by JAMES GATES, Cin.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Image of Lincoln as a pharmacist with symbolic names on the jar and bottles that surround him in an apothecary. Cream envelope with red and blue ink. Image on left side. Printed vertically at left of image: 'G. M. Whipple & A. A. Smith, Salem, Mass.

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis in boxing ring. Lincoln holds Davis off the ground in a headlock. Confederate spectators flee. Mortar shells litter the ground. Cream envelope with black ink. Image covers front of envelope. Printed above image: 'CHAMPION PRIZE ENVELOPE LINCOLN & DAVIS IN 5 ROUNDS. / 3D ROUND.' Printed below image, at center: 'LINCOLN: I WILL SOON SMOTHER THOSE PIRATES.' Printed at bottom-left of envelope: 'Published by J. H. TINGLEY 152 1/2 Fulton St N.

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?

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. A train with human arms and an American flag running down Secessionists that are depicted as demons and other unpleasant creatures. Cream envelope with blue ink. Image on left side. Printed below image: 'The Union Locomotive clearing the Secession track.' Printed vertically at left of image: 'D. Murphy's Son, Print. 65 Fulton & 372 Pearl Street. N. Y.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/4 in. Shamrock with the words 'NORTH,' 'SOUTH' and 'Border States' on each of its three petals, one word per petal; 'U.S.' printed on the stem. Cream envelope with green ink. Image on left side. Printed below image: 'UNION. / Here's to Ireland's SHAMROCK, may its pure unsullied green, / As a bond of lone and UNION 'midst the e'er be seen, / And it may help to bind the love by the exiled Irish shown, / To the land which gave them liberty, a shelter and a home.' Printed vertically at left of image: 'John Ross, Publisher, Baltimore.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. In a rather pastoral scene, three men hold up a 'Union Forever' item, which is surrounded by flowers and vegetables. Man on left is holding a small sickle. Man on right is holding a sheet of paper. Cream envelope with black ink. Image on left side.

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. A giant Union pill comes to wreck havoc with the other medicines, entitled Confederate Mixture, Davis Lotion and Secession Pills. The medicines are anthropomorphized. Cream envelope with blue ink. Image on left side. Printed below image: 'The 'Union' Pill in operation, work- / ing out the quack nostrums of Doctor / Davis & Co.' Printed vertically at left of image: 'D. Murphy's Son, Print. 65 Fulton & 372 Pearl Street. N. Y.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. A simple drawing of a compass pointing north. Cream envelope with blue ink. Image on left side. Below compass is printed: 'The Union shall exist as long as the Compass / points to the North.' To the left of compass, printed vertically: 'Magee, 316 Chestnut St. Phila.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 2 7/8 x 5 1/8 in. A large muscular arm holds a hammer. Cream envelope with purple ink. Image on left side.

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. A strong arm wielding a saber. White envelope with multi-colored inks. mage on left side. Printed below the strong arm: 'From the Hammer to the Sabre.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Child of the North is playing with a toy, child of the South is smoking and sitting on a barrel of cognac. Beige envelope with brown ink. Image on top left side. Printed above image: 'YOUNG AMERICA.' Printed below image, at left: 'NORTH.' Printed below image, at right: 'SOUTH.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Two hands shaking. Cream envelope with blue ink. Image on top left side. Printed above image: 'FOR UNION.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. A padlock with 'SLAVERY' on it being picked by a bayonet point. Cream envelope with black ink. Image on left side. Printed below image: 'The Lock and Key.' Printed below end of barrel: 'U.S. RIFLED.'