"KING ANDY HOW HE WILL LOOK WHAT WILL HE DO. Long Live King Andy I. Do You Want Andrew Johnson President Or King. You Pays Your Taxes And You Takes Your Choice" Harper's Weekly Vol. X No. 514 November 3, 1866
Harper's Weekly: NY, 1866. Paperback. Good. Item #21-4417
16 x 11". Front page only. Chipped, soiled, edge tears, toning, offsetting, spotting. Shows "King" Andrew Johnson sitting on a throne. Johnson, successor to Abraham Lincoln, would have an impeachment trial in 1868. The accompanying article "Shall The President Be Impeached?" is not present but there is a photo copy of it with this item. From that article: "The President's abuse of the appointing power...indeed extraordinary, but...not unprecedented...The whole question of appointment and removal...and if the President be guilty of the grossest and baldest attempts at political bribery by patronage..." A total of two pieces. SCARCE Nast print. Sold as is.
Price: $65.00