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Lot of 3. Reed, John J. The House That Jeff Built. New York: The American News Company, 1868. 16pp, illustrated, and featuring a cover illustration of the Banner of the South Carolina Convention. A satirical pamphlet focused on the destruction of the Union by the South, with an emphasis on the evils of slavery, the tyranny of the Southern secessionists, and the heroic nature of the Northern cause, Lincoln, and Gen. Grant. Toned with some chipping and small tears along edge lines but overall in good condition. To the Women of the Confederacy. 1915. Poem written by Mary Russell Holeman (1865-1938) of Durham, North Carolina, honoring the strength and courage of Confederate women during the Civil War and its aftermath. Poem is printed on card stock and inserted into a larger cardstock cover which is illustrated on its front with crossed Confederate flags and an image of a young woman - probably "Winnie" Davis, daughter of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Poem is disbound from outside cover but overall the poem is in good condition. Promotional cabinet card, copyrighted 1888, advertising "Harter's The Only True Iron Tonic." Cabinet card features Varina Anne "Winnie" Davis, daughter of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, and the identification "Winnie Davis, The Daughter of the Confederacy." Georgia Governor John Brown Gordon coined the title "Daughter of the Confederacy" for Winnie when she appeared with her father at a Confederate veterans group event in 1886.