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Governor Dorr's extra [anti-Dorr illustrated broadside]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07256 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Broadside Date: 1845 ca. Pagination: 1 sheet 54.6 x 40.1 cm Order a Copy

Satirical propaganda attacking Dorr for fleeing the "battle" of Acote's Hill, calls supporters "rabble" from New York, etc. (Losses affecting cartoon on left center.)

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