"We expect you to manifest your interest in this good work by a liberal donation of as many articles in your line as circumstances will permit ..."
Signed: St. Louis, March 11th, 1864. O.D. Filley [and fourteen others]. Benj. Horton, secretary. J.H. Lightner, chairman.
"Note--All goods and packages, of whatever kind, should be distinctly marked with the name of the donor, and place from which sent, and directed James E. Yeatman [president of the Western Sanitary Commission], St. Louis, Mo., (For M.V.S. Fair). ..."
Printed area measures 19.2 x 16.1 cm.
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2005. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (American broadsides and ephemera. First series ; no. 11808).