"We do not deem it necessary to say more than that the Western Sanitary Commission needs funds which must be raised ... that of whatever you may have appertaining to this department ... blank and printed books, copy books; writing, printing and wrapping paper; envelopes, ink, pens, pencils, twine, albums, photographs, or any other article in this line of goods, you will contribute liberally to this great cause."

Signed: H. Crittenden, chairman [and fifteen others]. Ladies Committee on Books, Stationery, &c. Mrs. W.T. Hazard, chairman [and twenty-nine others].

"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, St. Louis, Mo., (for M.V.S. Fair). ..."

Printed area measures 21.4 x 16.1 cm.

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Bazaars (Charities) > Missouri > Saint Louis.

Book industries and trade > Mississippi River Valley.

Stationery trade > Mississippi River Valley.

United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > War work.

Mississippi River Valley > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.

Western Sanitary Commission.

Mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair (1864 : Saint Louis, Mo.). Ladies Committee on Books, Stationery, &c.

United States Missouri Saint Louis.