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Goodenow, Robert, 1800-1874 Astounding Disclosures!

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04714 Author/Creator: Goodenow, Robert, 1800-1874 Place Written: Farmington, Maine Type: Broadside Date: 18 August 1858 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 31.7 cm, Width: 22 cm Order a Copy

An inflammatory Republican attack on the Democratic Party. Subtitled: "What will the Pirate Democracy do next!" Attacks Democrats over Kansas, slavery, and general corruption of the party. In the second half of the broadside, Goodenow, a Congressman from Maine, defends himself against a Democratic attack on his own activity settling an estate, subtitled "The Lie is nailed to the Counter! A Statement of Facts."

Goodenow, Robert, 1800-1874

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