JOHN, - I Paid the cash for this cotton. and want to pass?

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Title: JOHN, - I Paid the cash for this cotton. and want to pass?
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. John Bull is hauling a large bale of cotton on his back. Uncle Sam speaks to John Bull. Man on left has a bag of money and a cat of nine tails whip. Cream envelope with black ink. Image on left side. Printed below image: 'JOHN. - I Paid the cash for this cotton. and want to pass? / SAM. - Well, you can stay where you are! but you can't pass / Joney!!!'
Notes: Uncle Sam is the personification of the United States of America. First given its unique name in 1813 by a meat packer from Troy, New York named Samuel Wilson, it was popularized in the 1860s and 1870s by the cartoonist Thomas Nast. John Bull is the personification of England.
Institution: New-York Historical Society
Identifier: aj14006.jpg
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Subject: Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)
Cotton trade
John Bull (Symbolic character)
Material type or medium of original: Pictorial envelopes
Patriotic envelopes
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