Title:
The Eagle's Nest The Union! It must and shall be preserved
Collection:
Lincoln Collection
Object ID:
2014.066
Object Name:
Print
Date:
1861
Description:
Print. Patriotic Cartoon. The Eagle's Nest. "The Union! It must and shall be preserved." "To contemporaries, this probably would have brought to mind the famous confrontation between President Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun during the Nullification Controversy of 1830, when South Carolina had threatened to secede from the Union."
Additional Information:
Engraving by E.B. and E.O. Kellogg.
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2014.066 The Eagle's Nest
2014.066 The Eagle's Nest