Object Details
- Description
- On June 22, 1862, U.S. Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase received this package that came from Union-occupied New Orleans. General Benjamin Butlerr’s wax seals covered the front ensuring that the valuable contents would remain undisturbed. The package contained four engraved steel plates used to print Confederate notes, the South’s financial lifeblood. The loss of those plates, seized after New Orleans fell in late April 1862, was a blow to Confederate sovereignty and solvency. Butler had quickly sent them to Washington, D.C. as trophies.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- associated person
- Butler, Benjamin Franklin
- Chase, Salmon Portland
- maker
- unknown
- date made
- 1862-06-20
- Credit Line
- Treasury Department
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- wax (part material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9 3/16 in x 15 in; 23.368 cm x 38.1 cm
- Object Name
- wrapper
