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- President, Step. A. Douglas, Vice President, H. V. Johnson.
- 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.', Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813 - June 3, 1861), a Democrat, was the 7th Secretary of State of Illinois, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 5th congressional district, and a U.S. Senator for that same state. He is known for the passing of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, as well as for his complicated political relationship with Abraham Lincoln, against whom Douglas ran in the 1860 Presidential election. Herschel Vespasian Johnson (September 18, 1812 - August 16, 1880) was a Confederate State Senator from Georgia during the American Civil War. Prior to this, he served as a U. S. Senator and later the 41st Governor of Georgia. He also ran as Stephen A. Douglas' Vice Presidential running mate on the Democratic ticket during the 1860 Presidential election. About the Creator: S. Raynor is likely Samuel Raynor, an envelope manufacturer working at 118 William Street in New York City during the American Civil War. At around the same time, he lived at 60 East 16th Street.
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- S. A. Douglas.
- Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 in. Portrait of Stephen Douglas. White envelope with black and red ink. Image on top-left. Printed below image: S. A. Douglas / PATRIOT.', Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813 - June 3, 1861), a Democrat, was the 7th Secretary of State of Illinois, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 5th congressional district, and a U.S. Senator for that same state. He is known for the passing of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, as well as for his complicated political relationship with Abraham Lincoln, against whom Douglas ran in the 1860 Presidential election.