Liberty or death [graphic]

Title:: Liberty or death [graphic]
Description:: Liberty or death. Dated between 1861 and 1865. This Civil War envelope serves as an advertisement for the Haines' envelope holder. In addition to the company's advertisement, the envelope depicts images of an American shield, a liberty cap, the Constitution, a bible, and a rattlesnake with the word "secession" drawn on its body and pierced by an arrow. Note: Title from item.
Date:: 1861–1865
Format:: Documents
Location:: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library
Collection (local):: American Civil War Collection
Subjects:: Advertisements--1860-1870
Covers (Philately)--United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Envelopes (Stationery)
Liberty caps (Headgear)--Pictorial works
Patriotic envelopes--1860-1870
Rattlesnakes--Pictorial works
Shields--Pictorial works
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Art and the war
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Link to Item:: https://digitalvgw.omeka.net/items/show/852
Terms of Use:: This image is presented for research and educational purposes only, and may not be distributed or re-published without permission from the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library.
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Publisher:: Whittemore, John M.
Notes:: Collection of Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, Lexington, Massachusetts. USM 017
Identifier:: A1985/012/0297

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