The Old Complaint
Title: The Old Complaint
Year: 1861
Creator: Harper’s Weekly
Description: “Mr. Lincoln, accompanied by Mr. Seward, paid his respects to President Buchanan.”
This is one of four political cartoons in a series entitled “The Flight of Abraham” published on the same page of Harper’s Weekly on March 9, 1861, commenting on Lincoln’s secret trip through Baltimore on his way to Washington for his inauguration.