You had better get out dere, Massa Jeff.

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Title: You had better get out dere, Massa Jeff.
Collection Title: Patriotic envelope collection. Series I: Civil War envelopes, 1861-1865.
Publisher: New-York Historical Society
Description: Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. African American man taunts Jefferson Davis who is in a box labeled 'REFRIGERATOR.' Yellow envelope with black ink. Image on left (vertical orientation.) Printed in speech bubble: 'You had better get out dere, Massa Jeff, / and go Norf, dey soon cool you or any / oder man.'
Institution: New-York Historical Society
Identifier: aj01001.jpg
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Subject: Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889--Caricatures and cartoons
African American--Caricatures and cartoons
Slavery--United States
Material type or medium of original: Pictorial envelopes
Patriotic envelopes
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