Settling affairs of state - Summary: Print shows John Sherman, Secretary of State, dressed as an old woman with a purse labeled "Secretary Sherman", plucking the petals off daisies labeled "Hawaii, Cuba, and Bering Sea" picked from a flowerpot labeled "Diplomatic Questions". Political cartoon, circa 1897

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Settling affairs of state - Summary: Print shows John Sherman, Secretary of State, dressed as an old woman with a purse labeled "Secretary Sherman", plucking the petals off daisies labeled "Hawaii, Cuba, and Bering Sea" picked from a flowerpot labeled "Diplomatic Questions". Political cartoon, circa 1897

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Size: 3378px × 3653px
Photo credit: © Niday Picture Library / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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