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Union Letterhead
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Letterhead depicting Miss Columbia reclining on a shield, holding a fasces in her right hand and an olive branch in her left hand. The scales and sword of justice are laying at her feet. Text below the illustration reads: "Union." 4 page, folded, illustration printed in upper left in blue ink on lined paper.
August 14, 1863
United States. Post Office Department
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WHi 132593
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