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Civil War Satirical Broadside Death Certificate of CSA

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Civil War Satirical Broadside Death Certificate of The Southern Confederacy, 1865

Satirical broadside or window card death certificate, printed on heavy paper, 8.75 x 7 in. (sight), in wood frame, 10.75 x 8.75 in. Jas. B. Rodgers, printer. Mourning border, each line in different typeface, with: “Died, Near the South-Side Rail Road, / on Sunday, April 9th, 1865, / The Southern Confederacy, / Aged Four Years, / Conceived in Sin, Born in iniquity, Nurtured by Tyranny, Died of / a Chronic Attack of Punch. / Abraham Lincoln, Attending Physician. / U.S. Grant, Undertaker. / Jeff Davis, Chief Mourner.” Below in smaller print a rhyming epitaph that ends with: “And this one line shall grace your grave-- / Your death gave freedom to the slave.”
Condition Report: Not examined out of frame, minor edge toning, else very fine. Some staining to frame and glass.

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Civil War Satirical Broadside Death Certificate of The Southern Confederacy, 1865

Satirical broadside or window card death certificate, printed on heavy paper, 8.75 x 7 in. (sight), in wood frame, 10.75 x 8.75 in. Jas. B. Rodgers, printer. Mourning border, each line in different typeface, with: “Died, Near the South-Side Rail Road, / on Sunday, April 9th, 1865, / The Southern Confederacy, / Aged Four Years, / Conceived in Sin, Born in iniquity, Nurtured by Tyranny, Died of / a Chronic Attack of Punch. / Abraham Lincoln, Attending Physician. / U.S. Grant, Undertaker. / Jeff Davis, Chief Mourner.” Below in smaller print a rhyming epitaph that ends with: “And this one line shall grace your grave-- / Your death gave freedom to the slave.”
Condition Report: Not examined out of frame, minor edge toning, else very fine. Some staining to frame and glass.

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