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  •   - Abraham's dream!--"Coming events cast their shadows before"
      - Slow & steady wins the race
      -  Platforms illustrated
      - The grave of the union
      - Union and liberty! And union and slavery!
      - How Columbia receives McLellan's Salutation from the Chicago Platform
      - This ticket good for a free passage up Salt River, boats will leave Copperhead Headquarters every ten minutes, the McClellan Brass Band will be in attendance to play the Rogue's March, good during the war
      - "I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest . . . where be your gibes now?--"Hamlet, Act IV, Scene 1"
      - The true issue or "Thats whats the matter"
      - Jeff Davis' November Nightmare
      - The soldier's song--Unionism vs. Copperheadism
      - How free ballot is protected!
      - The old bull dog on the right track
      - Platforms illustrated
      - Political caricature no. 1. The grave of the Union. Or Major Jack Downing's dream. Drawn by Zeke
      - Political caricature no. 2. Miscegenation or the millennium of abolitionism
      - Political caricature no. 3. The abolition catastrophe, or the November smash-up
      - Political caricature. No. 4. The miscegenation ball
      - Behind the scenes
      - Deplorable Result of Lincoln’s Election
      - A little game of bagatelle, between Old Abe the rail splitter & Little Mac the gunboat general
      - Long Abraham Lincoln a Little Longer
      - McClellan Tries to Ride Two Horses
      - Policeman Lincoln Orders McClellan Off the Capitol Grounds
      - The Old Bulldog on the right track
      - The true issue or ‘That's what's the matter’
      - Your Plan and Mine
      - I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest . . . where be your gibes now?
      - Little Mac in His Great Two Horse Act
      - The Copperhead Plan for Subjugating the South
      - UNION AND LIBERTY! UNION AND SLAVERY!
      - Major-General "Little Mac" answers the question (often put) "Why don't he resign his Major-Generalship?"
      - The Hardest Shell Yet
      - A Parcel for the White House; or the Presidential Vote
      - A Presidential Candidate Simmering Down
      - Don’t Swap Horses
      - Humble or Slavery Pie
      - In for His Second Innings
      - May the Best Man Win-Uncle Sam Reviewing the Army of Candidates for the Presidential Chair
      - S__d, the Bootblack, Gives an Opinion
      - The Good Uncle and the Naughty Boy
      - The Giant Majority Carrying Abe Lincoln Safely Through Troubled Waters to the White House
      - The Next Presidency – A Marvelous Prophecy
      - The Political Blondin
      - The Rival Bill Posters
      - Leading, Following, Rebellion
      - The Giant Majority Carrying Abe Lincoln Safely Through Troubled Waters to the White House
      - Platforms Illustrated
      - How Columbia receives McClellan’s Salutation from the Chicago Platform
      - Political Siamese Twins
      - How free ballot is protected!
      - Don’t You Wish You May Get It
      - Old Abe’s Last Joke
      - Presidential Cobblers and Wire-Pullers Measuring and Estimating Lincoln’s Shoes
      - Poor McRobinson Crusoe!
      - Freedom's immortal triumph! Finale of the Jeff Davis Die-nasty
      - Election Day
      - Exit Abe
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    Abraham's dream!--"Coming events cast their shadows before"

    Abraham's dream!--

    Title: Abraham's dream!--"Coming events cast their shadows before"

    Year: 1864

    Creator: Currier & Ives.

    Description: The artist portrays a President tormented by nightmares of defeat in the election of 1864. The print probably appeared late in the campaign. (The Library's copy was deposited for copyright on September 22.) Lincoln was said to have believed in the prophetic importance of dreams. The President lies on a bed under a sheet embroidered with stars. In his dream Columbia or Liberty, wielding the severed head of a black man, stands at the door of the White House. She sends a frightened Lincoln away with a kick. Lincoln, wearing a Scotsman's plaid cap and a cape and carrying a valise, flees to the left, saying, "This don't remind me of any joke!!" The cap and cloak allude to an incident in 1861 before Lincoln's first inauguration. On being informed that an attempt would be made to assassinate him on his way to Washington, Lincoln took a night train and disguised himself in a large overcoat and Kossuth hat. The press made the most of Lincoln's timidity, and it was widely reported that Lincoln was seen wearing a Scotch plaid cap and a very long military cloak. Lincoln also carries a rolled piece of paper "To whom it may concern." For this famous announcement, see "The Sportsman Upset by the Recoil of His Own Gun," no. 1864-32. At right General McClellan, in uniform, ascends the steps to the White House, carrying a valise with his initials on it.

    URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a13076

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