Item No. 9744604

A scarce patriotic cover featuring an engraving of a bird’s-eye view of Richmond, Virginia, from across the James River. Printed in the north, the captioned poem is cautionary toward secessionists:

A hundred thousand Northmen,
In glittering war array,
Shout, “Onward now to Richmond,
We’ll brook no more delay;
Why give the traitors time and means
To fortify the way
With stolen guns, in ambuscades?”—E.F.

The cover is unused and measures about 5 1/2” x 3”.