Yankee Pedlar in Virginia A Graphic Sketch
Colonel Johnson recounts Ralph Brown a sharp Boston pedlar who dazzles Major Carroll and family in 1834 Virginia. He cures ailments with salt and pepper and wins wealth via wits and sales, later wagering on horse races with a grand bluff to the major.
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Johnson
Hewitt
Old Dominion
Ralph Brown
Boston
Major Carroll
Richmond
Major Carrell
Torguch
Tie
Col. Johnson
Laura
Ralph
Madame Carroll
Che Pedler
Congregational Church
Sambo
Carrol
Richmond Bank
Charlotteville
Col
Too Willing by Half. BY THE YOUNG UNS
A humorous tale shows General Andrew Jackson meeting a widow who asks for a portion of her clerk husband’s pay. He grants a thirty day note instead, the note is fraudulently cashed, and a bank cashier exposes the ruse. The president dismisses the clerk, and the story ends with reflections on the clever scam and a joke about a pig.
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Jackson
United States
Perons
James
Sha
Posse Tae Duce
John
Andrew Jack
John S
Banx
Washinaton
Collec
the Department
Olk
Moses
Gineral Jackson
Daniel Webster
Father
Kernell Peabody
Cedar Swamp
Bethel Hill
Tater Arch
Squire Gould
Squire Elwell
Onc
Sarvin
Niger Lantie
Hornby
Benufest
Dewry
Bethin
Cup
Patriatium
Grogan Waller
Webster
Jim Kyer
Epbe Lindley Broutin
Epbe
Jim
The Fengative Slave Bill Hoax Report Explodes in Cartoon Classic
A Portland Transcript piece satirically chronicles a mock meeting endorsing a so called Fengative Slave Bill amid anti abolition rhetoric. It follows a crowd's plan to capture a local Black man for a bounty and the ensuing escapade with townsfolk debating what to do with the captive.
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