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The Devil Seated On a Bale of Cotton
| The Devil sits on a bale labeled "COTTON." "No. 1" appears in the upper left corner. To the right is a verse that reads: "The Devil he sat with his claw in his mouth, Regarding with favor the row at the South. There is DAVIS, quoth he, and yonder is TWIGGS, Both capital fellows at running such rigs! There's manikin STEPHENS, and fat BOBBY TOOMBS; How richly they're earning their infamous dooms! They're hooting and tearing the Stars and the Stripes: Ha! ha! I shall laugh myself into the gripes. BEAUREGARD is a traitor, and so is old BRAGG: Just the chaps to fight under my own jolly flag. All that these rascals want is to be let alone, With no interference by Him on the throne. I've been bothered to death ever since I seceded, Because not quite willing to do just as He did; But these thieves, I hope, will have their own way, And go on till they find-there's the Devil to pay. Then hurrah for Secession, let all the fiends sing, Hurrah for Disunion, great Cotton isKing!" Black ink on beige envelope, image is in upper left corner. Image printed on envelope, mounted on various colored pages and collected in an album. |
| Image ID: | 76365 |
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| Creation Date: | after 1860 |
| Creator Name: | Stimson & Company, New York |
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| Collection Name: | Civil War illustrated envelopes, 1861-1865 |
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| Original Format Type: | prints, fine-art |
| Original Format Number: | PH 2630, box #2, page 47 |
| Original Dimensions: | 5.5 x 3.125 inches |
| Envelopes printed during Civil War depicting mostly pro-Union and anti-Confederate themes. |
| Cotton |
| Caricatures and cartoons |
| Civil War, 1861-1865 |
| Americana |
| Religion |
| Ephemera |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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