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Two great questions. "Who is Ingersoll's Co.? - "Who stole the people's money? / Th. Nast.

Two great questions. "Who is Ingersoll's Co.? - "Who stole the people's money? / Th. Nast.

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Illustration shows, at top, Horace Greeley confronting James H. Ingersoll who is standing next to William "Boss" Tweed; at bottom, how the politicians who are members of Tweed's "Tammany Ring", "pass the buck" for their crimes; among those shown are, from left, Andrew J. Garvey, James H. Ingersoll, Tweed, Peter B. Sweeny, Richard B. Connolly, and A. Oakey Hall.
Published in Harper's weekly, v. 15, no. 764 (1871 August 19), p. 764.

Published in: Cartoon America: comic art in the Library of Congress / Harry Katz, ed. New York: Harry N. Abrams, in association with the Library of Congress, 2006.
Exhibited: "Wit and Humor: American Political Cartoons", at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, 1000 George Bush Drive, West College Station, TX, July 1, 2019 - January 5, 2020.

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01/01/1871
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Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902, artist
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