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The comic history of the United States, from a period prior to the discovery of America to times long subsequent to the presentSherwood, John D.

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The comic history of the United States, from a period prior to the discovery of America to times long subsequent to the present

Name: The comic history of the United States, from a period prior to the discovery of America to times long subsequent to the present
Author: Sherwood, John D.

Sherwood, John D.

United States -- History -- Humor

The Constitution as a Resort for Shoppers in Civil
          Rights.—Every kind of Article to be found either for
          Ordinary or Exceptional Use.—The Fringe called Preamble;
          its Thread, Texture, and Quality.—Counterfeit Patterns
          and Simulations easily detected.—Piles of heavy Cloths
          for the Country’s Winter Use in War, Financial Storms,
          etc.—Executive and Legislative Ready-made
          Clothing.—Judicial White Goods.—Hosiery for
          Congressional Understandings, swift or slow.—A variety
          of Miscellaneous Wares; Contrivances for catching People
          with Colored Skins; Habeas-Corpus Non-Suspenders;
          Muzzles for violent or hungry Congressmen; Handsome
          Checks on the Treasury; Specimens of tender Gold and
          Silver; Militia Uniforms; Padlocks for securing Houses
          against Searches; Jury-Boxes, Trial Balances, and other
          Goods.—The Sumner Patent.—The latest Novelty to prevent
          Electoral Black-and-White Suits from being stripped
          off.—State-Rights Dresses, and strong Federal
          Out-Fits.—Messrs. Calhoun, J. Davis, Webster, Clay, etc.
          The Manufacture of bright Buttons, called “Coins.”—The
          Fifteenth Amendment.—Doubtful Packages.—Paper Money as a
          Substitute for real Money.—Unauthorized Use of the
          Constitutional Bazaar.—Seekers of Goods never
          made.—Nicholas Biddle and his Gold Suit.—Everybody
          suited at the Federal Store.—Of excessively sharp and
          dense-headed Shoppers.—How Articles are
          mistaken.—Water-proof Goods for River and Harbor
          Dredging and for Lighting Coasts.—Of long Selvedges, or
          Railroad Strips, and their wonderful Elasticity.—Rights
          and Lefts.


 II.    CONSTRUCTION; OR, WASHINGTON’S ADMINISTRATION. 1789–1797.    324

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The comic history of the United States, from a period prior to the discovery of America to times long subsequent to the present

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