Hemp For Traitors, 1861

    Hemp for Traitors’ Civil War Postal Cover (printed picture on envelope) By J.F. Nash (out of Boston) 1861-1865. I always thought these to be standard size (around 4in x 9 1/2in or so) but these are the small Read More …

Hemp is King of Cotton, 1861

Zouave with flag, c.1861 Civil War Postal Cover (printed picture on envelopes for decoration)   “Jeff Davis boasts that “cotton’s king,” Upon his throne so rotten- But he’ll soon find, amid his swing, That Hemp is king of cotton.”   Read More …