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Andrew Johnson 1868 Impeachment Handbill and Speeches

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Andrew Johnson 1868 Impeachment Handbill and Speeches
Comprises: 1.) Anti-Johnson handbill boldly headed "Down With The Tyrant!" 3/4 page, small 4to, no place, circa 1868. Double column tirade criticizing Johnson with claims that he "...put the government into the hands of the conquered rebels..." and "...continued his traitorous work with redoubled energy...to bear his course, drunken, and disgusting blackguardism, his offenses against decency..." 2.) Printed "Speech by Major-Gen. Thomas A. Davies, of New York. Delivered in Watertown, Conn., April 4th, 1868," small 4to, 24 pages. 3.) Printed "Impeachment of the President. / Speech of Hon. Benjamin M. Boyer, of Pennsylvania, delivered in the House of Representatives, February 22, 1868," small 4to, 8 pages, F. & J. Rives & Geo. A. Bailey, Washington D.C.