About This Time You Will Hear Thunder.

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Title: About This Time You Will Hear Thunder.
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. General Scott's head blazing through a starry sky as if it were a comet, leaving a trail behind it. White envelope with blue ink. Image on left side. Printed above image: 'ABOUT THIS TIME YOU WILL HEAR THUNDER.' Printed below image: 'THE GREAT 'COMET' OF 1861.'
Notes: Winfield Scott (June 13, 1786 - May 29, 1866) served as a General in the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, and the American Civil War on the Union side. A member of the Whig party, he ran an unsuccessful campaign for as the Whig nominee for President of the United States in 1852.
Institution: New-York Historical Society
Identifier: aj32050.jpg
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Subject: Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866
Allegories
Comets
Generals
Material type or medium of original: Pictorial envelopes
Patriotic envelopes
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