"Cutting Down the Hickory Tree and Disturbing the Crow's Nest"
This is a pro-Whig political cartoon representing the opposition to the Treasury system of Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. Presidential candidate William Henry Harrison cuts down a tree with Jackson and Van Buren's "Sub treasury" nest while Henry Clay and Daniel Webster pull it down with ropes.
- Date:
- 1840
- Original Format:
- Cartoon
- Item#:
- 9.107
- Height:
- 2759px
- Width:
- 2269px
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