Maryland, Maryland Confederate Patriotic Envelope
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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.