Patriotic envelope collection. Series I: Civil War envelopes, 1861-1865.

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Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/4 in. A bull (John) sticking his foot in a trap entitled Secession. The eagle warns him not to step in it. The Rooster with epaulets, Napoleon, tells him Bravo. Various inscriptions label particular symbolic images and characters.

Though the Second Empire under Napoleon IV remained neutral during the American Civil War, some believed that France instead supported the secessionist cause. John Bull is the personification of England.

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John Bull (Symbolic character)
Louis Napole?on, Prince Impe?rial of the French, 1856-1879
Emblems, National
Emblems, National--United States
Eagles

Pictorial envelopes
Patriotic envelopes
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