Political cartoon: The COUNTER-MEDLY, 1764
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Philadelphia
Ink on paper; Plate: H. 9 in., W. 14 3/4 in.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pa.)
This broadside, or political poem, is a piece of propaganda issued in Franklin's unsuccessful campaign for a seat in the Pennsylvania Assembly.
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