"Stump the Yankee"

[J. Beckert]

Rebels 11
Yankee 4

Welcome to a very special GRUDGE MATCH installment of "Stump the Yankee".

It looks like the leader of the Rebel resistance has issued a challenge with a purty nice prize! I get to double my score if I answer correctly. Let's see if I can "Stump the She Rebel". Here it is:

I am posing a "stumper" that should have my Yankee antagonist growing old before his time. I almost posted on the thread that he created, but I decided to be more ladylike. If Yankee Joe gets the correct answer to this one, I will double his score!

On April 10, 1861, the New York Times reported that a package, likely destined for the White House, was received by the Washington City post office. The box had been broken open somewhat, and in the process of inspecting it, the contents fell out. What were the contents?

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Oh my. This is a tough one. I'll take a wild shot in the dark and guess two copperhead snakes. I'd bet one was 4 feet long and the other was about - oh, I don't know - let's say three and half feet.

Did I win?