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Collection of Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, Lexington, Massachusetts. USM 017Star of the North, or comet of 1861. Dated between 1861 and 1865. This Civil War envelope depicts President Lincoln as a comet streaking across the sky in patriotic hues. Note: Title from item.
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