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Capture of secession varmints / T. Gunn.

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Capture of secession varmints / T. Gunn.

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Cartoon shows Brother Jonathan pulling skunks (caricatures of southern secessionists) out of the back pockets of John Bull.

Caption: Bull- "What are you about, sir? Picking my pockets, eh?" Jonathan- "Don't get wrathy, now! You shouldn't be carryin' skunks about with you, John!" (And Jonathan necks the varmints accordingly).
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 13, no. 315 (1861 Dec. 7), p. 48.

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01/01/1861
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Gunn, Thomas Butler, artist
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