The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1

During the U.S. Civil War, Robert Henry Newell, an American humorist, wrote a series of satirical articles using the pseudonym Orpheus C. Kerr, commenting on the war and contemporary society. His articles appeared weekly in the New York Sunday Mercury, where he was the literary editor until 1862, and were published in a series of books. This is the first of the books in the series.