Trumbull's slanderers

Item Info

Title:
Trumbull's slanderers
Date:
1873
Description:

  • Single sheet, circa 1873, denouncing "slanderers" of Illinois Senator Lyman Trumbull. Trumbull was accused of accepting $10,000 from the treasury for writing an opinion in the McCardle case at Andrew Johnson's request. The slanderers alleged that Trumbull accepted the money in exchange for his vote to acquit President Andrew Johnson in his impeachment trial.

  • Folder: IL1

Location:
Subject:
Politics and government
Format:
broadsides
Language:
English
Extent:
1 scan
Digital Collection:
Broadsides and Ephemera Collection
Rights:
Free Re-Use
No Copyright - United States
Identifier:
  • 001845525
  • duke:467407
  • bdsil10429
  • ark:/87924/r44t6h922
  • 6295c216-4ef0-42e1-8227-62777aa57cac
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