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Radical antislavery senator Charles Sumner releases a snarling cat, labeled "Spirit of Discord," from the "Republican Bag." Horace Greeley, Abraham Lincoln, Henry J. Raymond, and William H. Seward, worried that perceived Republican opposition to slavery will d...
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| Collection: | Historical Society of Pennsylvania cartoons and caricatures collection (#3133) |
| Date: | 1860-01-01/1861-12-31 |
| Alternate Date: | Circa 1860 |
| Extent: | 1 loose page |
| Box Number: | Box 4 |
| Folder Number: | Folder 7 |
| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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Currier & Ives
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| Copyright: | Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org) |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/11564 |
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Radical antislavery senator Charles Sumner releases a snarling cat, labeled "Spirit of Discord," from the "Republican Bag." Horace Greeley, Abraham Lincoln, Henry J. Raymond, and William H. Seward, worried that perceived Republican opposition to slavery will doom Lincoln's hopes for the presidential election of 1860, express alarm. |
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