Framed Civil War–era display centered on an addressed cover bearing the signature Davis and M.S.S., denoting Jefferson Davis’s congressional free-franking privilege. The cover is addressed to C. J. Carpenter, Esq., Schenectady, New York, and is presented with a portrait of Davis, a Virginia electoral ticket naming Jefferson Davis for president and Alexander H. Stephens for vice president, and a colorful Secession Envelope campaign design. Matted under glass in a decorative wood frame, this compelling assemblage combines presidential, postal, political, and Confederate history. Approx. frame size (in): 18.5 x 11.5 x 0.75.