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Description Uncle Sam - personification of USA, riding a snail labled "45th Congress". Title: "The Lightning Speed of Honesty."
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Cartoon by Thomas Nast, published in the 24 November 1877 issue of Harper’s Weekly.

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Author
Thomas Nast  (1840–1902)  wikidata:Q214957 s:en:Author:Thomas Nast
 
Thomas Nast
Alternative names
Thos. Nast; Nast; Th Nast; Th. Nast
Description American-German cartoonist and caricaturist
Date of birth/death 27 September 1840 Edit this at Wikidata 7 December 1902 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Landau, Germany Guayaquil, Ecuador
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England, Italy, USA
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creator QS:P170,Q214957
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