Carrier boy hopes for victory in Civil War and urges courage.
Notes:
Broadsheet printed in two columns on recto divided by curvilinear line within ornamental border; on verso calendar for 1862 within ornamental border; at center advertising material beginning: Presented by the carriers of the Newport Mercury.
Poem attributed to Charles Timothy Brooks
Poem in three sections of varying length.
Below text, within border: We wish you all a happy New Year
The Sidney S. Rider Collection, the largest private collection of materials related to the history of Rhode Island, was purchased from Sidney Rider and presented to the library by Marsden Perry in 1903. Rider was a leading Providence bookseller, publisher …
