CIVIL WAR UNCLE SAM CONFED TRAITOR PRESIDENT DAVIS EXTINGUISHER PATRIOTIC COVER

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HERE’S A CIRCA 1861 CIVIL WAR COMICAL UNION PATRIOTIC COVER DESCRIPTION: The cover features an excellent caricature cachet vignette of Uncle Sam holding a large conical “Secession Extinguisher” over Confederate President Jefferson Davis with black plantation workers cheering in the background. The Text beneath the image reads: “Though not a wizard by profession, Old Uncle Sam knows how to save his Bacon, and deprive Secession Of its leading spirit – Traitor Davis” The cover has a copyright © inscription that reads: “Copyright secured by Brown & Ryan, New York,“ measures 5½” x 3," and is in Very Fine Condition, complete with backflap.