Scrapbooks, 1860-1865 (bulk 1861-1865).

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Scrapbooks, 1860-1865 (bulk 1861-1865).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39847798

Consists of six folio volumes, bound in red morocco, containing a collection of Civil War ephemera that was originally formed by John C. Browne, a resident of Philadelphia. It consists of many thousands of individual items from both the North and the South, including broadsides, patriotic covers, numerous Confederate postage stamps, badges, a series of "Currier & Ives" views of military and naval actions, election posters, flyer and ballots of the 1864 presidential campaign, Confederate bonds, song sheets and sheet music, photographs, engraved and lithographic portraits, Confederate playing cards, advertising cards, paper currency, newspaper and magazine clippings, lithographic caricatures, recruiting posters, Confederate proclamations, etc. It also includes a "Constitution" printed for John Brown, various rare broadsides, and possibly the first printing of "Maryland, My Maryland."

6 v. (ca. 5000 items) : col. ill. ; 43 cm.

Lincoln Memorial University Library, Carnegie-Vincent Library

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Lincoln Memorial University Library, Carnegie-Vincent Library

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