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

Wiswell

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New-York Historical Society

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Uncle Sam as a soldier stands with a rooster and an American flag as Confederate soldiers flee. White envelope with red-brown ink. Image on top-left. Printed below image: 'Entered according to Act of Congress by W. Wiswell in the Clerk's Office of the Southern District of Ohio June 8th 1861. / 5 TO ONE HA [underlined].'

Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)
Flags--United States
Soldiers--Confederate States of America

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New-York Historical Society

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Uncle Sam is the personification of the United States of America. First given its unique name in 1813 by a meat packer from Troy, New York named Samuel Wilson, it was popularized in the 1860s and 1870s by the cartoonist Thomas Nast. About the Creator: Wiswell is likely William Wiswell, an engraver at 70 West 4th Street in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was the copyright holder of the image that appears on this envelope.