Front matter
Reading edition
Transcriber’s Note:
The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
The matter on the opposite page may be freely
translated as follows:
A COMIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.
BY
LIVINGSTON HOPKINS.
Copiously Illustrated by the Author from Sketches taken at a safe distance.
NEW YORK:
G. W. CARLETON & CO.
MDCCCLXXVI.
P.S.—The illustration opposite is intended to take the place of a gift chromo, which we at first contemplated giving away with this book. It is to some extent allegorical, and will be explained at some future time, if necessary.
Copyrighted, 1876, by
G. W. CARLETON & CO.
John F. Trow & Son,
Printers and Stereotypers,
205–213 East 12th Street,
NEW YORK.