{"id":265,"date":"2016-01-23T20:41:04","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T01:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/?page_id=265"},"modified":"2016-02-08T11:53:35","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T16:53:35","slug":"collection-8","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/exhibit\/collection\/collection-8\/","title":{"rendered":"..."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Patriotic covers addressed to President Abraham Lincoln<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Printed decorative envelopes, circa 1861<\/span><br \/>\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gift of John Hay Whitney, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.riamco.org\/render.php?eadid=US-RPB-msCWM&amp;view=overview\">Charles Woodberry McLellan Collection of Lincolniana<\/a><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These patriotic <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cover_(philately)\">covers<\/a> (envelopes) are part of a collection saved by Brown alumnus <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Hay\">John Hay<\/a> (class of 1858) during his time as personal secretary to President Abraham Lincoln. Stamp collections often include historic postal materials other than individual stamps, such as stamped covers or covers issued with decorations. This accumulation is especially rare because of the presidential address.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/repository.library.brown.edu\/studio\/collections\/id_645\/\">View the entire collection in the BDR.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx044_2md.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-471\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx044_2md.jpg\" alt=\"StampEx044_2md\" width=\"538\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx044_2md.jpg 538w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx044_2md-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx044_2md-100x57.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx044_2md-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx044_2md-200x115.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx044_2md-450x258.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx044_1md.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-470\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx044_1md.jpg\" alt=\"StampEx044_1md\" width=\"551\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx044_1md.jpg 551w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx044_1md-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx044_1md-100x57.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx044_1md-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx044_1md-200x114.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx044_1md-450x257.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patriotic covers addressed to President Abraham Lincoln Printed decorative envelopes, circa 1861 Gift of John Hay Whitney, Charles Woodberry McLellan Collection of Lincolniana These patriotic covers (envelopes) are part of a collection saved by Brown alumnus John Hay (class of 1858) during his time as personal secretary to President Abraham Lincoln. Stamp collections often include <a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/exhibit\/collection\/collection-8\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  &#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":58,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-265","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":961,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/265\/revisions\/961"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}