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Envelope

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06627.03.083 Author/Creator: Place Written: Various Places Type: Envelope Date: 1861-1865 ca. Pagination: Envelope ; 8 x 13.9 cm. Order a Copy

The envelope has a image of a flag. The caption reads "The Star Spangled Banner Oh long may it wave, O'er the land of the free! And the home of the brave!" The same as GLC06627.03.055

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