The Gerry-Mander. A new species of Monster which appeared in Essex South District in Jan. 1812.
Description:
This anonymous broadside reprints a political cartoon that first appeared in The Boston Gazette on 26 March 1812, caricaturing Massachusetts legislative districts in Essex County that had been drawn to ensure the victory of the (Jeffersonian) Republican Party in state senatorial elections that year. [Salem, Mass: 1812]
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