Description
Lady liberty emerges from the middle of a round cloud with a burst of rays of red light around her. She holds her Phrygian cap in her left hand and a sword and scales in her right. She's wearing a blue overdress with white stars and a white and red striped underdress. Underneath her cloud is a square building sitting over water with Ft. Sumpter written in it's reflection. ""Entered according to Act Congress in the year 1861, by J G Wells, in the clerk's office of the District Court for New York"" is printed along the left side of the envelope and ""Copyright Secured."" is directly under the image.
Image
Patriotic Envelope Red &Amp; Blue Ephemera (Images)
Public domain; please credit Union College Civil War Era Patriotic Envelopes