- Title Information
- Title
- 'When I wish to catch rats, I first stop their holes.' Gen'l Scott.
- Type of Resource
- still image
- Genre (aat)
- envelopes
- Language
- Language Term:
Code (ISO639-2B)
- eng
- Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 envelope; 8.1 x 13.7 cm
- digitalOrigin
- reformatted digital
- Origin Information
- Place
- Place Term:
Code (MARC Country Code)
- xxu
- Place Term:
Text
- United States
- Publisher
- Date Issued
- 1861-1865
- Date Issued:
Start
(encoding="w3cdtf", keyDate="yes", qualifier="questionable")
- 1861
- Date Issued:
End
(encoding="w3cdtf", qualifier="questionable")
- 1865
- Abstract
- A seven-sided arrangement of Union ships and military camps surrounding 7 rats and one cat.
Harpers Ferry appears in the center of a circular design. The ship locations are Charleston, Savannah,
Mississippi, Norfolk and Pensacola. The military camps are located at Washington and Manassas Gap.
The caption below reads "When I wish to catch rats, I first stop their holes", below that reads "Gen'l Scott"
- Note
- Paper (ochre); ink (black)
- Subject (LCSH)
- Geographic
- United States
- Topic
- History
- Temporal
- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Subject (LCSH)
- Geographic
- United States
- Topic
- Politics and government
- Temporal
- 1861-1865
- Subject (LCSH)
- Name:
Personal
- Name Part
- Scott, Winfield
- Name Part:
Date
- 1786-1866
- Subject (LCSH)
- Topic
- Envelopes (Stationery)
- Geographic
- United States
- Related Item:
Host
(displayLabel="Collection:")
- Title Information
- Title
- Lincoln Envelopes
- Identifier:
COLID
- 645
- Identifier:
URI
- http://library.brown.edu/cds/lincoln/envelopes
- Identifier:
Local
(displayLabel="Lincoln Envelopes Call No. ")
- LE2394
- Access Condition:
rights statement
(href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/")
- No Copyright - United States
- Access Condition:
restriction on access
- Collection is open for research.