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Unite Or Die
| A snake with 15 segments, SC, Ca, Mi, Ala, N.C, Tex, De, Md, Va, Fla, Ark, Ten, Ke and Mo. A snake has the Confederate flag and a palm tree behind it. Bold type above reads: "UNITE OR DIE." Above that text reads: "The device of our Fathers in their first struggle for liberty, --1776." Quote below by Jefferson Davis reads: "SLAVE STATES, once more let me repeat, that the only way of preserving our slave property, or what we prize more than life, our LIBERTY, is by a UNION WITH EACH OTHER." This is one of the less numerous pro-Confederate envelopes. Black ink on cream envelope, illustration fills the top left 2/3rds. Image printed on envelope, mounted on a decorative border and collected in an album. |
| Image ID: | 75872 |
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| Creation Date: | after 1860 |
| Creator Name: | Falen, G. W., 213 King Street. near Market, Charleston, South Carolina, C.S.A. |
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| Collection Name: | Civil War illustrated envelopes, 1861-1865 |
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| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | PH 2630, Box#1, page 58 |
| Original Dimensions: | 5.3125 x 3.0625 inches |
| Envelopes printed during Civil War depicting mostly pro-Union and anti-Confederate themes. |
| Snakes |
| Caricatures and cartoons |
| Ephemera |
| Civil War, 1861-1865 |
| Americana |
| Flags |
| Slavery |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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