- Sketch: 1 p. A drawing of an American Eagle sitting on a tree branch, looking down to its right at a snake with a man's head. The snake represents the Copperhead movement, and in particular Clement L. Vallandigham. The snake is facing a group of people who are situated underneath the eagle. This sketch means to respond to the Copperhead movement. On verso of leaf and upside down., The Copperhead Movement, composed almost entirely of Democrats, criticized Republican politicians, including President Abraham Lincoln. One of its foremost members, Clement Laird Vallandigham (1820-1871), a southern sympathizer, was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1857-1863), and was eventually exiled to the southern states., New-York Historical Society
- Sketch, note: 1 p. Two sketches of a man's head surrounded by writing. Written along the top of the sketch, 'Rejected Aug. 17th, 1863, 2d time.' Written below the sketches of the mens' heads 'Jim Best, 21 years old, party to the death of Mrs. Derrickson, colored.', Ann Derrickson was the white wife of an African American man. She died defending her son from the rioters., New-York Historical Society
- Sketch: 1 p. This is a finished and detailed sketch of the dwellings, likely of some rioters, in the Five Points area of Manhattan. Written on the verso, 'On the 13th of July not a single thief was left in the Five Points.-Capt. John Jourden, 6th ward Metropolitan Police.' Written on the recto, 'On the.', For an unfinished version of this sketch, see 'Unfinished sketch of anti-draft rioters' homes.', New-York Historical Society