THE COMIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES,
Reading edition
FROM A PERIOD PRIOR TO THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA
TO TIMES LONG SUBSEQUENT TO THE PRESENT.
By JOHN D. SHERWOOD.
“Quamquam ridentem dicere verum
Quid vetat?”
Horace, Satire I.
“A man may say a Wise thing though he say it with a Laugh.”
Old Song.
WITH ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS BY HARRY SCRATCHLY.
BOSTON:
FIELDS, OSGOOD, & CO.
1870.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1869, by
FIELDS, OSGOOD, & CO.,
in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
WELCH, BIGELOW, & CO. UNIVERSITY PRESS.
DEDICATION.
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TO MY WIFE.
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