Yancey, Commissioner from 'C.S.A.'

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Creator / Contributor: Magee, James, -1867?
Title: Yancey, Commissioner from 'C.S.A.'
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. A strutting, dandified Yancey with a walking stick. White envelope with blue ink. Image on left side. Printed vertically at left of image: 'YANCEY, Commissioner from 'C. S. A.'
Notes: About the Creator: Likely James Magee, a seller of stationery and envelopes at 316 Chestnut Street, and living at 750 Florida Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the American Civil War.
Institution: New-York Historical Society
Identifier: aj31024.jpg
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Subject: Yancey, William Lowndes, 1814-1863--Caricatures and cartoons
Material type or medium of original: Pictorial envelopes
Patriotic envelopes
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