Let Union be your watchword my brave soldiers.

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Creator / Contributor: Magee, James, -1867?
Title: Let Union be your watchword my brave soldiers.
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. Woman pointing to the word 'Union,' as she looks toward a ship at sea. White envelope with blue ink. Image on left. Printed below image: 'Let UNION be your watchward my brave Soldiers.' Printed vertically at left of image: 'Magee, 316 Chestnut St., Phila.'
Notes: About the Creator: Magee was 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: aj88002.jpg
1669
Subject: Women
Soldiers
Material type or medium of original: Pictorial envelopes
Patriotic envelopes
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