The Model body-guard. : All the young men, in the city, are invited to assist in forming a body-guard for President Lincoln, and the following basis will be adopted and rigidly adhered to throughout the war; The company shall be entirely composed of colonels, who shall draw pay and rations in advance. Every man shall have a commission, two servants and white kids. Each man shall be mounted in a covered buggy, drawn by two white stallions. Under the seat of each buggy shall be a cupboard, containing cold chicken, pounded ice, champagne and cold chicken a la member of Congress and military officers at Bull Run. ... The duty of the company shall be to take observations of battles, and on no acount [sic] shall it be allowed to approach nearer than ten miles to the seat of war. ...
[United States : s.n., 1861?]
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Humor.
Bodyguards -- Humor.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Humor.
Broadsides. rbgenr
Satires. rbgenr
UNITED STATES. 1861. Imprint
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, former owner. Provenance
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