For President James G. Blaine, For Vice President John A. Logan, 1884 framed_map_capital Architect Word Definition on Grey

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and Queen City civic pride

Thirty-four hours of mortar fire rendered in smoke and ink — the opening salvo against a federal garrison in a Carolina harbor

in which a youthful figure of the Republic grinds the twin serpents of secession and Copperhead dissent beneath his heel

and the wave-cut cliffs of Block Island stamped onto linen and lithograph

For President James G. Blaine, For Vice President John A. Logan, 1884 framed_map_capital Architect Word Definition on GreyFor President James G. Blaine, For Vice President John A. Logan, 1884 a Republican campaign lithograph from the year of the Mulligan letters and the "rum, Romanism, and rebellion" misstep, pairing the Plumed Knight of Maine with the black eyed soldier senator from Illinois on a ticket Cleveland would narrowly bury that November. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the