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A Tammany Rat
...the most eminent railroad lawyer in the country prior to the Civil War, he became wealthy and owned a comfortable home in New York City’s elegant Gramercy Park neighborhood. Personally,...
Contraband of War
...News. Two months later, he depicted Major General Benjamin Butler holding one of the artist’s first Southern stereotyped villains at bay. On May 22, 1861, Major-General Benjamin Butler took command...
Embalmed — That They May Keep until 1880 — or Longer
...in total, so a 15-man Electoral Commission was established to determine which sets of returns to accept. After some unexpected twists, the Commission voted 8-7 in favor of Hayes for...
What I Know About Horace Greeley
...however, Greeley’s only consistency was flip-flopping. As secession appeared likely after Lincoln’s election, Greeley favored it — comparing it with 1776. After Fort Sumter, he vigorously backed the Union and...
“The Plumed Knight”
...than feathers, Blaine’s plumes included the Republican nomination, Communists and the “machine of bluster and brag.” Hedging his bet, Nast’s vignette (on the left) showed Blaine’s “boom balloon” exploding while...
“The Tammany Tiger Loose — What Are You Going to Do About It?”
...November 11 Weekly, available six days before the election. However, his keynote tiger had to compete for attention with Mrs. O’Leary’s cow and the resultant Chicago fire, whose illustrations and...
Boss Tweed
...1870 [Read More] Tweedledee and Sweedledum Harper’s Weekly – January 14, 1871 [Read More] Senator Tweed in a New Role Harper’s Weekly – April 16, 1870 [Read More] Our Common...
Santa Claus’s Mail, Santa Claus’s Rebuke
...Papa and Mamma complained to Santa in Harper’s Bazar. The similarly-dated Weekly showed Santa receiving about six times more letters from “naughty children’s parents” while pictures of good and naughty...
The Welcome to New Cork
...judge. The new Boss became Deputy Street Cleaning Commissioner, which gave him patronage authority to employ thousands of Irish laborers. From 1860-1867, average immigration to America from all countries was...
“The Tammany Tiger Loose — What Are You Going to Do About It?”
...November 11 Weekly, available six days before the election. However, his keynote tiger had to compete for attention with Mrs. O’Leary’s cow and the resultant Chicago fire, whose illustrations and...