A Call to Arms
   

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Title

      A Call to Arms

Call #

   CWC-28

Printer

   Not established.

Description

   Depicts a tall pine tree shearing the top off of a smaller palm tree.

Inscription

   "Enough of speech; the trumpet rings!
Be silent, patient, calm:
God help them if the tempest swings
The Pine against the Palm!"
HOLMES.

Cover size

   5 1/2 x 3 in 3.5 x 7 cm

Subjects

   United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Covers (philately)--United States--History
Pictorial works--Liberty

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