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![[Title page of History of the United States, vol. I, showing Christopher Columbus holding sword and banner, with soldiers, priest, and Indian woman kneeling before him]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTgvMDEvMDEvdGl0bGUtcGFnZS1vZi1oaXN0b3J5LW9mLXRoZS11bml0ZWQtc3RhdGVzLXZvbC1pLXNob3dpbmctY2hyaXN0b3BoZXItY29sdW1idXMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/483/jpg "[Title page of History of the United States, vol. I, showing Christopher Columbus holding sword and banner, with soldiers, priest, and Indian woman kneeling before him]")
![[Civil War envelope showing soldiers with sword and American flag]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTYvY2l2aWwtd2FyLWVudmVsb3BlLXNob3dpbmctc29sZGllcnMtd2l0aC1zd29yZC1hbmQtYW1lcmljYW4tZmxhZy1kNTlhMDYtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/22/webp "[Civil War envelope showing soldiers with sword and American flag]")
![[Civil War envelope showing Union soldier with flag and sword trampling the Confederate flag]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDEvY2l2aWwtd2FyLWVudmVsb3BlLXNob3dpbmctdW5pb24tc29sZGllci13aXRoLWZsYWctYW5kLXN3b3JkLXRyYW1wbGluZy10aGUtNzUxOTQwLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/23/webp "[Civil War envelope showing Union soldier with flag and sword trampling the Confederate flag]")
![[Christopher Columbus, bust portrait, facing right, in medallion]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDMvY2hyaXN0b3BoZXItY29sdW1idXMtYnVzdC1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctcmlnaHQtaW4tbWVkYWxsaW9uLWM4OGM1Ny02NDAuanBn/40/50/webp "[Christopher Columbus, bust portrait, facing right, in medallion]")
![[Civil War envelope showing Columbia with sword and American flag]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjIvY2l2aWwtd2FyLWVudmVsb3BlLXNob3dpbmctY29sdW1iaWEtd2l0aC1zd29yZC1hbmQtYW1lcmljYW4tZmxhZy1kZWY5MWEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/23/webp "[Civil War envelope showing Columbia with sword and American flag]")
