Secession--Southern States

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. 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. A man, labeled 'WEST VIRGINIA,' pulls a donkey, labeled 'EAST VIRGINIA,' by the tail as it tries to jump off a cliff. White envelope with black ink. Image on left. Printed below image: 'No folly 'neath the sun surpasses / The folly of these suicidal Assses!' Printed vertically at left of image: 'New York Envelope Depot, 144 Broadway. / Copyright secured by Brown & Ryan. New York.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. The devil holds the Texas state seal and a Confederate flag. White envelope with blue ink. Image on left. Printed on banner at right of image: 'TEXAS.' Printed behind banner, at right of image: 'THE REBEL STATES.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/4 in. Arkansas state seal (pre-1864). White envelope with blue ink. Image on left. Printed above image: 'Arkansas.' Printed below image: 'Secession. / Upham, 310 Chestnut St. Phila.'

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. Small rooster looks up at a tall bird that eats the fruit from the top of a palm tree. White envelope with black ink. Image on top-left. Printed below image: 'THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT.' / The game cock of the Baltimore rioters wishes / for a taste of the poisonous Palmetto fruit, upon / which Charleston is feasting.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. The devil running, holding a pitchfork that flies the Confederate flag. Beige envelope with black ink. Image on left. Printed below image: 'Secession is nearly played out, / so I will go back to my H_ole.' Printed vertically at left of image: 'New-York Envelope Depot, 144 Broadway.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. General Scott stands with Uncle Sam with a candle snuffer, labeled 'ARMY,' near a candle labeled 'SECESSION.' Cream envelope with blue ink. Image on left side. Printed below image: 'GEN. SCOTT. - I say, Uncle Sam, it is / hardly worth while to use this, it will soon / play itself out. / S. C. Upham, 310 Chestnut Street, Phila.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Blue envelope with red ink. Image on left side. Printed above image: 'OLD ABE.' Printed below image: 'He will steer the old Ship of State safely / through the breakers of Secession / and Disunion.' Printed vertically at left of image: 'S. H. Zahm & Co., Publishers, Lancaster, Pa.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Jefferson Davis riding a hobby horse while Lincoln sits on a stool and watches him. Cream envelope with blue ink. Image on left side. Printed below image: 'UNCLE ABE. - Look here Jeff Davis, you have rode / that Secession Hobby about long enough - I am going / to put a stop to that now.' Printed vertically at left of image: 'Magee, 316 Chestnut Street, Phila.'

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 in. John B. Floyd on galloping horse carrying bags of money. Tan envelope with black ink. Image on left. Printed below image: 'FLOYD OFF FOR THE SOUTH. / All that the Seceding States ask is to be 'let alone.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portrait of Stephen Douglas, surrounded by flags and eagle. Cream envelope with black ink. Image on left. Printed at right of image: 'I stand for the right of the whole people- / Intervention - North or South, means Disunion.' / Douglas.' Printed on shield: 'PRESIDENT, / STEP. A. DOUGLAS. / VICE-PRESIDENT, / H. V. JOHNSON.' Printed vertically at left of image: 'S. RAYNOR, Envelope Manufacturer, New-York.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. 'Cain' standing in foreground of battlefield attracting the smoke of secession, as Union smoke goes into the air. Printed in center of image: 'CAIN of BALTIMORE.' 'UNION' and 'SECESSION' label two small structures in the distance.

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portrait of Henry Clay. White envelope with black ink. Image on left. Printed below image: 'I implore as the best blessing which Heaven can bestow upon / me, that if the direct event of the dissolution of this Union / is to happen, I shall not survive to behold the sad and heart-rending / spectacle.'

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 1/2 in. A tree entitled Union with two men sitting on a branch entitled Secession whilst they are sawing it off. Cream envelope with blue ink. Image on left side.

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 5/8 in. Two faces with differing expressions. First one is plump and happy, second is utterly shocked, as hears of President Lincoln's message. Cream envelope with blue ink. Image covers sheet. Printed below first face, at left: 'One of the 'Southern Chivalry' after / reading the Southern account of the terror / stricken North.' Printed below second face, at right: 'After reading Presid't Lincoln's Message, / calling for $400,000,000 and 400,000 men.' Printed vertically at left: 'D. Murphy's Son, Print. 65 Fulton & 372 Pearl sts. N. Y.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. Soldier figures, hanged men, gallows, and American flags make up the phrase 'Death to Traitors'. Cream envelope with black ink. Image on top of envelope.

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 1/8 x 5 3/8 in. Image of foppish, overdressed man. Cream envelope with red ink. Image on left side. Printed below image: 'The Man who conceived C. S. A.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. A gun blows up and knocks a man onto his back while the exploding pieces of the gun fly around him. One piece is entitled Secession. Printed below image: 'The result of playing with dan- / gerous weapons - the sure result / Traitors beware!' Printed vertically at left of image: 'D. Murphy's Son, Print. 65 Fulton & 372 Pearl-sts. N. Y.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. A hot air balloon entitled 'SECESSION' bursts and drops people out of the basket below it. Cream envelope with blue ink. Image on left side.

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Present: a line of dapper men with linked arms looking happy. Future: the same men are chained together and sad. Cream envelope with black ink. Image on left side. Printed below top image: 'SECESSION STATES - PRESENT.' Printed below bottom image: 'SECESSION STATES - FUTURE.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Flag of South Carolina with palmetto on it. Beige envelope with black ink. Image on top left side. Printed below image: 'WE ARE SEVEN.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. A skeleton hovering over a giant goblet. Inside the goblet is a pudgy, drunk person. White envelope with brown ink. Image on left side. Printed below image: 'SECESSION WHISKEY. / One dose warranted to kill, at 40 rods.' 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. An ape sitting on a throne saws the tail off of a cat labeled 'VIRGINIA.': White envelope with black ink. Image on left. Printed below image: 'Dictator Jeff finding he cannot have the / whole of Virginia, concludes to take only / a part.' Printed vertically at left of image: 'D. Murphy's Son, Print. 65 Fulton & 372 Pearl-sts. N. Y.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. A man labeled 'J. D.' walks a tightrope over a waterfall with the U.S. Capitol on one side and a man with an axe about to cut the rope on the other side. White envelope with brown ink. Image on top-left. Printed below image: 'This modern Blondin leaves but one impression / Upon the mind of every calm spectator: / How easily we circumvent SECESSION / Must now be clearly seen by this arch-traitor.' Printed vertically at left of image: 'Copyright secured by Brown & Ryan, / 201, 203, and 205 William-street.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Wolf in a suit kneels before Little Red Riding Hood, who is holding the American flag. Yellow envelope with blue ink. Image on left side. Printed below image: 'THE SECESSION WOLF' offering to lead / Kentucky, 'Or any other State,' out of / the Union. 'That's what's the matter. / Published by Jas. Gates, Cincinnati.'

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Scissors labeled 'UNION SHEARS' cutting off the tail of the animal labeled Secession while 'SECESSION' is jumping out of an open window. A hand holds the severed tail. White envelope with brown ink. Image on left side. Printed below image: 'The END of Rebellion - a pain- / ful TAIL.' Printed vertically at left of image: 'D. Murphy's Son, Print. 65 Fulton & 372 Pearl-sts. N. Y.'