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Broadside songsheet, 9.5 x 15.5 in. The Loving Ballad to Brother Jonathan with "Loving Answers" from West and East. M. Mason, publisher, London. All three poems/lyrics with dates from mid-1848. In three columns, each with illustrative symbol at top (coat of arms, eagle with banner, sailing vessel). The first begins: "Ho! Brother, I'm a Britisher, / A chip of heart of oak / That wouldn't warp or swerve or stir / From what I thought or spoke, - / And you - a blunt and honest man, / Straightforward, kind, and true, / I tell you, Brother Jonathan, that you're a Briton too." Brother Jonathan is the personification of New England, and became a personification of America. Decked out in striped pants and a stove-pipe hat, this image likely contributed heavily to the later image of Uncle Sam. Prayers and Other Devotions for the Use of the Soldiers of the Army of the Confederate States. Charleston (SC): Female Bible, Prayer-Book and Tract Society, ca. 1861. 4.25 x 7 in. in printed paper wraps, 12 pp. Wrap separated at spine. "The House that Jeff. Built." 3 x 6.75 in. Three-stanza lyrics, to be sung to "Auld Lang Syne." Printed on blue-lined paper. "Sheridan's Ride" songsheet, with note at top "For sale by this Soldier. Give What you Please." Five verses on 4 x 6.5 sheet. "Gettysburg" songsheet, Philadelphia: Lee & Walker, ca. 1863. 1p, 7.x 9.5 in. "Respectfully Dedicated to General Meade." By Robert Morris Esq. 14 verses. Verse 8: Thousands and thousands fought and fell, / And many a wild and fearful yell / Rose o'er that fratricidal hell, / At Gettysburg! Thomas, James R. Untitled lyrics/poem. Harrisburg (PA): Telegraph Job Printing, ca. 1862. 4.5 x 9 in. Top has "Written by James R. Thomas, Co. H, First Regiment P.R.V.C. / Lost his arm at the Battle of South Mountain, Sept. 14, '62." "Invitation" to a "Pic-nic Excursion" to the Jeff. Davis Plantation, July 4th, 1864....It being "Leap Year," the Ladies have the privilege of inviting their own escort...." Approx. 5 x 8 in. (folded) "Abe" the War Eagle. Lynn (MA): C.P. Nelson, 1903. Pamphlet approx. 4 x 6.75 in., printed paper wraps with gilt lettering, 32pp. With foreword by Mary Livermore. The story of Abe, the bald eagle who went to war with the 8th Wisconsin, Co. C. It was believed that as long as their eagle was present, they could not be defeated. Livermore notes that it seemed important to get Abe's story out while men were still alive who remembered him, in order to keep the story alive. Views of Gettysburg Battlefield. Red cloth boards with gilt on front. 86 images on 17 heavy paper pages, each with caption. First few pages are scenes of the battlefield and important buildings (such as Lee's and Meade's headquarters); the last 9 pages have views of all of the monuments erected by various units in memory of their fallen men. American Caricatures Pertaining to the Civil War. New York: Brentano's, 1918. "Reproduced from the Original Lithographs Published from 1856 to 1872 with Introduction." Includes a brief history of political cartoons. Obl. 12to, red cloth, gilt lettering front and spine, pages unnumbered. The style in mid-century was rather text-heavy compared to today. The caricatures were also more life-like than the more cartoonish styles that emerged later. A number of these are a bit obtuse to a modern reader, but others demonstrate some of the universalities of politics. For example, one cartoon shows Lincoln riding a rail into the "Lunatic Asylum" followed by a dozen people. Captioned "The Republican Party Going to the Right House." Each of the followers is making demands from Lincoln - women's rights, African-American rights, free love rights, Mormon rights, etc. Provenance: Property from the Inventory of Rex Stark Condition: Most very good.