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

New-York Historical Society

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Coin with figures of Lincoln (?) handing a paper to a man who is pointing a gun at him and thumbing his nose. Enslaved African Americans toil in the background while a man with a whip oversees. Beige envelope with blue ink. Image on left side. Printed vertically at left of image: 'Design for a New Coin of the C. S. A.'

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865) was the sixteenth President of the United States. As Commander in Chief of the United States, he led the Union during the Civil War. On April 15, he was shot in the back of the head at Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln died shortly thereafter.

New-York Historical Society

aj91038.jpg
1729

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Slavery--United States
Coins

Pictorial envelopes
Patriotic envelopes
Image

This digital image may be used for educational or scholarly purposes without restriction. Commercial and other uses of the item are prohibited without prior written permission from the New-York Historical Society. For more information, please visit the New-York Historical Society's Rights and Reproductions Department web page at http://www.nyhistory.org/about/rights-reproductions