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Thomas Nast takes down Tammany: A cartoonist's crusade against a political boss | MCNY Blog: New York Stories
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After Thomas Nast | "What Are You Laughing At? To the Victor Belong the Spoils" (from "Harper's Weekly," vol. 15, p. 1097) | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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How a series of political cartoons by artist Thomas Nast helped send William 'Boss' Tweed to prison - New York Daily News
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