Commemorative envelope

commemorative envelope

Commemorative envelope; ecru paper; printed at left cartoon of captain with outstretched arms, wearing wide brimmed hat, printed caption below "'Capt. Baker,' of the pirate 'Savannah,' is/ astouned to find that the vessel he is trying to/ overhaul is the man-of-war brig Perry." Refers to Civil War incident of June 1861, when brig PERRY captured Confederate privateer schooner SAVANNAH (Capt. T. H. Baker), and the trial that resulted.