Dictator Greeley dismisses the Cabinet, and warns Lincoln that he will stand no more nonsense

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Year:: 1861
Contributor:: McLenan, John, 1827-1866 (illustrator)
Genre:: clippings (information artifacts); political cartoons; engravings (prints)
Subject:: Lincoln, Abraham > 1809-1865 > Caricatures and cartoons; Greeley, Horace > 1811-1872 > Caricatures and cartoons
Local ID:: M157h
Extent:: 1 clipping; 14.2 x 13.3 cm.

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Abstract:: Political cartoon from "Harper's Weekly" portraying New York Tribune editor Horace Greeley wielding a club, menacing Abraham Lincoln, and scattering member's the Cabinet. The cartoon's caption, which begins, "A decimated and indignant people demand the immediate retirement of the present Cabinet..." quotes one of Greeley's editorials, in which he lamented the Union's performance in battle.
Notes:: The date "Aug-10, 1861" is handwritten on the bottom of the clipping.

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"Dictator Greeley dismisses the Cabinet, and warns Lincoln that he will stand no more nonsense" (1861). Lincoln Graphics. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:69244/

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Lincoln Graphics

Prints in the Lincoln collection are classified by Meserve numbers, and include most of the known photographic images of Lincoln, along with engravings and popular prints by, among other firms, Currier & Ives and Kurz & Allen. There are also …
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