Price current,1838,William Price,Samuel Swartout,Independent Treasury

Title: Price current
Related Names:
Robinson, Henry R., d. 1850. H.R. Robinson, A satire on William M. Price, federal district attorney of New York who fled to Europe after embezzling from the government approximately $72,000. Price followed coconspirator Samuel Swartwout, former collector of the port, who had earlier absconded with close to $1.23 million. The two Tammany officials were the focus of a federal investigation beginning in late November 1838. The scandal they created added considerable fuel to Whig opposition to Van Buren's 'Sub-Treasury' or independent treasury program. After the scandal, Swartwout stayed in England until 1841 to avoid prosecution but then returned to the United States. On the left Price, in shirtsleeves, removes coins from a butter churn labeled 'Sub-Treasury' saying, footprints of Swartwout and carrying a sack labeled '$1,200,000'. 'The Republican party have seen darker days than this!' Behind him a letter of resignation falls to the ground, 1838 by H.R. Robinson. 52 Cortlandt & 11-1/2 Wall St. N.Y. copyright on December 14, 1838, Robinson's 'Sub Treasurers Meeting in England' (no. 1838-20). Both are apparently by the same artist. Weitenkampf, American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)
Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1838-21.
Subjects:
Price, William M.
Swartwout, Samuel,--1783-1856.
Independent treasury--1830-1840.
Lithographs--1830-1840.
Political cartoons--1830-1840
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