Envelope
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06627.03.036 Author/Creator: Place Written: [various places] Type: Envelope Date: 1861-1865 ca. Pagination: Envelope ; 8 x 14 cm. Order a Copy
The envelope has a image of a man riding a goose. The caption reads "Jeff Sound On The Goose." followed by a poem.
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JEFF SOUND ON THE GOOSE.
Our brave Union Eagle you thought to stride and ride,
But the bird wouldn't bear such a burden,
For he soon kicked you loose, on the back of old
goose,
To bear you to the other side of Jordan.
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