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Title: Civil War scrapbook containing clippings, pamphlets, confederate currency, etc. Author: ** Place: Massachusetts Publisher: Date: 1860s Description: Scrapbook containing newsclippings, booklets, pamphlets, etc. Including: Songs for the Union Club, of Ward XI. 16 pp. Self-wrappers. Boston: Calkins & Goodwin, 1864. * Announcement from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts regarding the sale of muskets. Boston: July 15, 1861. * Army Hymn by Oliver Wendell Holmes Small sheet, 12.5x16 cm. Boston: Balch Printer, 1861. * Program for the Memorial Services in Honor of Abraham Lincoln at Music Hall, Boston, June 1, 1865. 4 pp. with black and white mourning ribbon present. * The Young Composer, Number 2. Hartford, June, 1861. 4 pp, woodcut illustrations. * Means, J.O. A Discourse at the Funeral of Lieut. Edgar M. Newcomb of the Mass. 19th Regm't. 15 pp, wrappers. * $1000 Confederate Bond. 41x33.5 cm. (Creased, chipped). * Confederate States currency in 50 cent, 1 dollar & 2 dollar denominations. * City of Richmond notes in ten, thirty and sixty cent denominations * Four Confederate States postal stamps in two, five, ten and twenty cent denominations. (Currency and stamps pasted to sheets). Dedication of the Soldier's Monument, at Danvers, Nov. 30th, 1870. Broadsheet, 23x16.5 cm. (Worn). Etc. The clippings contain news of the war, abolition news, etc. All housed in a period half-morocco and marbled boards scrapbook, 23.5x19 cm. Lot Amendments Condition: Extremities rubbed, tape repairs to spine; very good. Item number: 222132