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Envelope

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06627.03.042 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 2 rats, looking at a piece of cheese labeled Washington in a trap. The caption reads "1st Rat - Don't that morsel look tempting Davis shall we take it? Davis Rat - I guess we had better wait a while I don't like those teeth."

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