Pictorial envelope, "Hearts of Oak are our Ships"

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overall: 3-1/8 x 5-1/2 in.

Pictorial envelope; white envelope with blue ink, image on right, vignette of ship undersail in rough water off of harbor or fort, schooner in background, possibly Civil War era; printed at bottom "Hears of Oak are our Ships,/ Gallant Tars are our Men;/ We always are ready,/ Steady, boys, Steady!"


2000.169.1

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United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
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