Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. African-American man attempting to stop a Caucasian man (possibly George Washington) from removing the American flag from a flagpole. White envelope with blue ink. Image on left. Printed at rigjht of image: 'I wouldn't pull down dat Flag, Massa George; youwill neb- / ber forgib yerself as long as you lib, if you do. Dem stars were / intended to be 'fixed,' and not moved around. I recollect the time / when it had only thirteen, and hab watched it grow jus like my / chile. Your father honored and respected it, and would hab / died protecting it: derfore, Massa, if you hab any respeck for de / memory ob your fader, who is dead an' gone, run up dat Flag / agin, give tree cheers for de Union, and let's keep up next Fourth / of July in de ole fashioned way.' Printed below image: 'Entered according to act of Congress, by John G. Wells, / in 1861, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court, / for the Southern District of New York.'
