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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 — John Shaqi

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

Modern Photographic Albums like Ancient Roman
          _Simulacra_.—The Pleasure of looking at the Likenesses
          of Friends.—The Portraits of our Fore-Fathers.—Our dear
          old Great-Grandfather GEORGE WASHINGTON.—His one hundred
          and twenty-eight original Portraits.—His unique
          Character; of the same Size all the Way up.—His Manners
          and Characteristics.—How the Eighteenth Century, so long
          mated, refused to survive him.—Our Great-Grand and good
          Mother MARTHA WASHINGTON.—The Resemblance between her
          and a Bowl of ripe Strawberries and Cream.—Her
          Pride.—What Qualities were corseted in her Bosom.—Our
          favorite Uncle, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.—How the Sky got into
          his Face and how it stays charged.—Looks like an
          hereditary Director of all the Estates.—A born
          Trustee.—What an Idea Burns might have got of him in
          1774, and how expressed it.—Of our Aunt, Mrs. JAMES
          MADISON; and what a fine Lady she was.—Her careful Dress
          and Manners.—Impressive but patronizing.—How Time forgot
          her, and the Years ran on un-notched.—The forty Years
          she acted as Presidentess.—PATRICK HENRY described in
          Dress, Person, shooting Game, and taking Audiences.—Our
          dear Visitor, GENERAL LAFAYETTE; his Difficulties in
          reaching us; his noble Bride; his Embarkation at a
          Spanish Port; his Labors here; his two subsequent
          Visits, and how he survived Hand-shaking and
          Kissing.—About JOHN JAY and his Wife SALLIE
          LIVINGSTON.—How they lived and what he became.—Glances
          at ISRAEL PUTNAM and his expressive Face; at NATHANIEL
          GREENE and his square, Quaker Character; at the
          Telescopic Eyes of FRANCIS MARION, with a Dash at his
          soldierly Qualities.—The Effigies of the WISE
          MEN.—General Sketches of our Heroes and Heroines.—A
          Heart Delineation of the Mothers, Wives, and Sisters of
          the Men of the Revolution.


 IV.    THE STRUGGLE AND FALL OF FEDERALISM; OR, JOHN ADAMS’S
          ADMINISTRATION. 1797–1801.                                 354

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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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