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Hon. William R. Morrison, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee

Hon. William R. Morrison, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee/tiles/collection/6/6163.xml
Hon. William R. Morrison, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee/tiles/collection/6/6162.xml
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Date

1884-02-02

Artist

C[harles] M[ilton] Bell

Publisher

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper

Dimensions

15 7/8 x 10 1/2 in. (40.3 x 26.7 cm)

Accession Number

2010.191.003

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

Five unconnected articles are shoehorned into this page from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, starting with a profile of House Ways and Means Committee Chairman William Morrison. He is described as “the right-hand man of Speaker Carlisle in the direction for the Democratic Policy in the present House of Representatives.” Elsewhere on the page, there are articles on a new sculpture of Columbus, two celebrated dachshunds, an execution in China, and an account of English tourist attractions.

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