Greeting card

Titles: Greeting card (Supplied title)

Description: Greeting card sent from Alice J. Halford to Mrs. John C. Devereux during the 1860s. The card's obverse feature a lithograph image of blooming flowers and grasses beside the text, "Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the Earth. Heaven's noblest winner, Even in his hour of entering into rest, Will smile upon his breast, wish, 'God be merciful to me, a sinner." The obverse contains the handwritten greeting, "Wishing Mrs J. C. Devereux a happy New Year, Alice J Halford." Printed by Campbell & Tudhope in Glascow, Scotland.

Dates

• Not earlier than 1851 (Model year) (Creation)
• Not earlier than 1861 - Not later than 1865 (Civil War) (Use)

Creation

• received by: Devereux, Mrs. John C.
• about: Devereux, Captain John C.

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 8652.2

Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 4 5/8 inches height
• 3 3/4 inches width

Subjects

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