Title

Maryland, Maryland Confederate Patriotic Envelope

Creator

Files

Description

The object is a Civil War-era Confederate patriotic envelope. Its recto features an image of a flag with the seal of Maryland placed above a poem that has an anti-Union sentiment. The envelope is cream in color and is printed in blue ink. Its verso features what appears to be staining from adhesive.

Transcription

recto, on flag: CRESCITE ET MULTIPLICAMINI recto, below flag: “Maryland, Maryland ! / Stainless in story ; / True in heart - true in hand - / Cling to thy glory ! / Spurn the invader forth, / Tell the usurping North, / That when two hearts are wroth, / U

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Measurement

3 X 5 5/8 inches

Materials and Techniques Display

ink on paper and adhesive

Inscription

recto, on flag: CRESCITE ET MULTIPLICAMINI recto, below flag: "Maryland, Maryland ! / Stainless in story ; / True in heart - true in hand - / Cling to thy glory ! / Spurn the invader forth, / Tell the usurping North, / That when two hearts are wroth, / Union must sever!"

Subjects

Southern States; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Work Type

pictorial envelope

Class

Ephemera

Preferred Citation

[Physical ID#]: [Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

ID

4793.00

Current Location

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)

Repository

Mississippi State University Libraries.

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.