Penny Yankee Doodle (New York, NY). November 2, 1850. This is one of a number of illustrated humor newspapers and periodicals that appeared in the 1840s and 1850s. The editor says they are not an imitation of Punch from England, but, “I am myself alone – the original Genius of American Humor.” There are the usual ...
AAS is excited to announce the launch of an important new digital resource. In partnership with the Worcester Historical Museum, AAS has digitized both the Worcester Historical Museum’s and our own collection of Abby Kelley Foster Papers. Foster was a noted mid-nineteenth-century reformer, involved in both the anti-slavery and women’s rights movements. Both AAS and ...
