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- Col. Ellsworth, the martyr.
- Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Portrait of Elmer Ellsworth. Cream envelope with black and red ink. Image on left. Blue stationary with portrait of Brownell enclosed. Printed above portrait of Ellsworth: 'COL. ELLSWORTH, THE MARTYR.' Printed quotation below portrait of Ellsworth: 'Cherish the consolation that I was engaged in the performance of a sacred duty.' Printed on the enclosed stationery: 'Serg't Brownell, The Avenger! 'Father :--Col Ellsworth was shot dead this morning, I killed his murderer! Frank.', Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth (April 11, 1837 - May 24, 1861), a law clerk and Colonel in the 11th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, is known to be the first casualty of the American Civil War. He was shot and killed while in the process of taking down a Confederate flag above a hotel in Virginia. Francis Edwin Brownell (1840 - March 15, 1894) shot and killed James W. Jackson, the well-known secessionist responsible for the shooting death of Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth. About the Creator: Baker was likely the publisher of this envelope's image.
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- [Ellsworth's tomb].
- Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 1/4 x 6 in. Liberty (?) standing at Ellsworth's tomb. White envelope with black ink and applied color. Image on top-left. Printed on tombstone: 'MEMORY / OF / ELLSWORTH / MAY 24, 1861.' Printed below image: 'F. K. Kimmell 59 Nassau St / Entered according to act of Congress of 1861 by F. K. Kimmel in the Clerks Office of the / District Court for the Southern District of New York.', About the Creator: F. K. Kimmel is likely Frederick K. Kimmel, an engraver at 78, and later 59 Nassau Street in New York City. In 1861, he lived at 299 8th Avenue in New York City.