Political Cartoons
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Grant, in a single horse-drawn carriage, meets a carpet-bagger holding a Post-Office reccomendation. The Carpet-bagger says: 'It's about time you got back, there's been 16,000,000 people wiatin here for you, some's got married, some's gone dead on 'lasses whiskey-John Chinaman, want's to see you, and Spain's goin' to lick us like thunder; Johnny Bull's youngster want to see you about canada: Cuba's cried her eyes out, and the Injuns are raising-whoop out west. I'm the 'Last man' an I'm dead broke, so sign my papers and let me git out of this hole.' Grant replies: 'Don't talk so much, wait 'till I finish this cigar.'
Contributor(s)
Ulysses S. Grant Association
Subjects
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Time Period
1860-1869
Date
1865
Object Type
image
Format (Original)
1 cartoon ; 11 x 16 in.
Format (Digital)
Digital ID
G_USGc_2010_0010
Source
Ulysses S. Grant Collection, Series 6, Subseries 2, Box 5, Folder OS11
Repository
Ulysses S. Grant Association. Mississippi State University Libraries.
Digital Publisher
Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).
Rights
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Contact Information
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Preferred Citation
[Title of Political Cartoon], Ulysses S. Grant Collection, Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library, Mississippi State University Libraries