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No. 11 Whittier Poem and Prohibition Commentary
A long excerpt begins with Whittier's abolitionist poem celebrating emancipation and bells tolling for the crime of slavery. It shifts to Prohibitions against ardent spirits, then sketches political riffs by Petroleum V. Nasby, a mock diary from Boston, and assorted vignettes on Lincoln's second term, democracy, and local scenes including Artemus Ward and John Maynard the Lake Pilot.
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Sherman
Atlanta
Confedrisy
Moses
South
Bookhanan
Charleston
Richmond
Georgia
Johnson
Hood
Wheeler
Wood
Grant
Davis
Voorhees
Rose
Sharon
Petroleum V. Nasby
Neo
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Gen. Jackson
Jackson
Gen
Harrison
Taylor
Illinois
McCulloch
Treasury
Interior Department
Abe
Mr. Seward
Old Abe
Mr. Lincoln
Tom
Harry
N.Y
Artemes Ward
Boston
Artemus
Betsy
Athene
Copp’s Hill
Cotton Mather
Cotton
Wimmen
State House
Dock Square
The
Legislatur
Harvard College
Parker's
Lexington
D’y
Waltham
Mackeril
Jersey
Mr. Revere
New Hampshire
Joan Maynard
John Maynard
Lake Pilot
Detroit
Buffalo
Maynard