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This Plate is Respectfully Dedicated to all the BUTCHERS in the United States by their obt. Sert. Chrr. Wispart. in honour of our republican Governor Simon Snyder.
   
Complete Explanation:
A procession of butchers led by two Negro fiddlers, and featuring a large bull. On the ground before the bull are a cleaver, saw, and other butcher tools. The print is dedicated to Pennsylvania's recently elected Republican Governor Simon Snyder. Snyder was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and was the first representative of the German element and back-country farming class to be elected governor of the state.

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