General Hancock's Private Back-Action Boom. The Governor's Island Gun Settles the Southern Claimants and the Northern Agitators.

Publication date: 1880

Seller: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

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Very good. Light wear along original centerfold. Closed minor margin tears professionally repaired on verso. Text on verso. Size 19.5 x 11.75 Inches. This is an 1880 Joseph Keppler political cartoon features General Winfield Scott Hancock, then the Democratic nominee for President during the 1880 Presidential Election, firing a cannon on both his critics and his allies from his posting on Governor's Island, New York Harbor. A Closer Look General Hancock (1824 - 1886), dressed in his Army uniform, stands to the right of center firing a cannon labeled 'Independence'. He holds tinder that reads 'Letter on Southern Claims' which ignites the incredible double-barreled cannon's fuse and fires on both his critics in 'Fort Sham' and on his allies in the foreground. Among these supposed friends are Robert Toombs (the former Confederate Secretary of State), Wade Hampton (a former Confederate and in 1880 a U.S. Senator from South Carolina), and Benjamin H. Hill (one of the founders of the first Ku Klux Klan and in 1880 a U.S. Senator from Georgia). His detractors occupy 'Fort Sham' which bears a sign that reads, 'Hancock will pay the Southern Claims'. Hancock and Southern Claims As the 1880 Democratic nominee for President, Hancock carried the weight of the Democratic party's history. Among the rhetoric thrown about during the campaign, one claim was that Hancock, being a Democrat, would make certain all Southern Claims presented to the U.S. Congress, or the Southern Claims Commission would be approved. This outrage caused an uproar in the northern states, and Hancock issued a statement saying that any bill or document that came to him to sign that included Southern Claims would be vetoed. This statement, which was widely published, was not entirely believed by northern Republicans. Southern Claims Beginning not long after the end of the American Civil War (1861 - 1865), southern Unionists (yes, there were a few) began petitioning the federal government for reimbursement of provisions they legitimately provided to the Union Army during the war. In 1871 the federal government created the Southern Claims Commission so that Unionists could apply for these reimbursements. Southerners from 12 states could apply and 22,298 claims were made. Of these 7,092 were paid. Today, these applications provide scholars with surprisingly detailed information about life in the South during the Civil War. Publication History and Census This cartoon was drawn by Joseph Keppler and published by Puck in the October 6, 1880 issue. We have not found any cataloged examples in institutional collections and this cartoon is very scarce on the private market.…

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General Hancock's Private Back-Action Boom. The Governor's Island Gun Settles the Southern Claimants and the Northern Agitators.
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1880 Keppler Political Cartoon of General Hancock Firing On His Critics and Allies
Publication year
1880
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Geographicus Rare Antique Maps was founded in New York, New York, by Kevin James Brown in 1999. We are specialist antiquarians dealing in historic maps from all over the world and in all price ranges. Our enthusiasm, passion, and devotion to scholarship is expressed in our meticulously researched descriptions, among the most detailed and comprehensive available anywhere, for each and every rare map that passes over our desk. This same devotion guides the relationships of honesty and trust we have fostered with our clients, whether through purchasing or selling a rare map, getting an appraisal, or simply calling to discuss antique maps in general. We are happy to assist you no matter whether you are an interior decorator, an institution, an experienced collector, or are just looking for a single antique map. Geographicus is a member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America), the ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers), the New York Map Society, the Washington Map Society, the IMCOS, and the Society for the History of Discoveries. While primarily an internet-based company, we are happy to meet with clients to show our antique maps by appointment at our New York City location.…

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Geographicus Rare Antique Maps was founded in New York, New York, by Kevin James Brown in 1999. We are specialist antiquarians dealing in historic maps from all over the world and in all price ranges. Our enthusiasm, passion and devotion to scholarship is expressed in our meticulously researched descriptions, among the most detailed and comprehensive available anywhere, for each and every rare map that passes over our desk.

This same devotion guides the relationships of honesty and trust we have fostered with our clients, whether through purchasing or selling a rare map, getting an appraisal, or simply calling to discuss antique maps in general. We are happy to assist you no matter whether you are an interior decorator, an institution, an experienced collector, or are just looking for a single antique map.

Geographicus is a member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America), the ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers), Philip Lee Phillips Society, the New York Map Society, the Washington Map Society, the International Map Collectors Society and the Society for the History of Discoveries. While primarily an internet-based company, we are happy to meet with clients to show our antique maps by appointment at our New York City location.

Geographicus also works with clients to provide map themed interior design services as well as manufacture and install collection storage and display solutions.