All About Governors

[Clapp, Henry Jr. and Robert W. Pearsall]. "All About Governors." New York Saturday Press. (1860-1-14).

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newspaper

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commentary

Abstract

This column is a satirical defense and celebration of the current governmental system, Governors, and Legislators.

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All About Governors

An electronic version of this text is available in a CONTENTdm viewer. Page images of The New York Saturday Press were scanned from microfilm owned by Emory University, which was made from original copies held by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

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Pearsall, Robert

Described by Thomas Gunn as "a weak, well-to-do Fifth Avenoodle [sic]," Robert Pearsall was born in 1833 (Gunn, vol.

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Clapp, Henry

Pearsall, Robert

The Saturday Press [pages: 2]

The column argues that the proposal of a nation without a Custom House would prompt the destruction of the Saturday Press (2).

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Pearsall, Robert author