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(CIVIL WAR.) To The Loyal Women of America. Letterpress broadside, 20 x 12¼ inches, on yellow paper, with pencil docketing on verso; folds, minor dampstaining, short tape repairs on verso. Washington, October 1861
An appeal to support the United States Sanitary Commission in its efforts to care for Union troops. Concludes with an endorsement by President Lincoln: "The Sanitary Commission is doing a work of great humanity, and of direct practical value to the nation, in this time of its trial. . . . There is no agency through which voluntary offerings of patriotism can be more effectively made."
With--a short printed circular letter, 7¾ x 4¾ inches, which accompanied the broadside through the mail, signed in type by Montgomery Blair as Postmaster General, 15 October 1861.
A different version of this text was issued in pamphlet form, with an expanded version of the opening paragraph among other changes (see Sabin 76684). This broadside version is less frequently seen. We trace none at auction since 1966, and 5 in OCLC.
