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Printed on border: "Engd. By Geo. E. Perine, N.Y." "Engraved expressly for Abbotts Civil War."

Back row: "Capt. T. Seymour ; 1st Lieut. G.W. Snyder ; 1st. Lt. J.C. Davis ; 2d. Lt. R.K. Meade ; 1st Lt. T. Talbot." Front row: "Capt. A. [Doubleday] ; Maj. R. Anderson ; Asst. Serg. S.W. Crawford ; Capt. J.G. Foster." Printed on border: "From a…

America revisited: from the bay of New York to the Gulf of Mexico, and from Lake Michigan to the Pacific. By George Augustus Sala. Illustrated with nearly 400 engravings. 2d ed.

Printed on border: "No. 206. Copyright 1901, by Munsey's magazine, by special agreement. Franz Huld, publisher, New York."

The figure of Mercury, Roman god of commerce, trade, merchants, and profit, stands surrounded by symbols of the abundant natural resources of colonial New York. These images include the beaver, whose pelt brought wealth and prosperity to Dutch and…