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Collection Reference Number GLC04645
From Archive Folder Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 
Title Envelope containing one thirty-cent Great Central Fair postage stamp
Date 18 June 1864
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Addressed to Charles H. Hart.
Subjects US Sanitary Commission  Civil War  Military History  Union Forces  Charity and Philanthropy  Injury or Wound  Expositions and Fairs  Religion  
People Hart, Charles H. (fl. 1864)  
Place written Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme The American Civil War; Health & Medicine; Religion
Sub-collection Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Additional Information The Great Central Fair for the United States Sanitary Commission opened in June 1864 in Logan Square, Philadelphia. The Fair was held to raise funds for Union soldiers in need of basic necessities and medical supplies.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945