AQS257110 \'The Great Swimming Match to come off on the Fourth of November\', c.1860 (litho) by American School, (19th century); American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; (add.info.: \'the stakes, the White House and ,000,000 worth of patronage\'; political cartoon satirising the awarding of offices in the lead-up to the presidential election of 1860; depicting John Cabell Breckinridge, Steven Arnold Douglas and eventual 16th President of the US, Abraham Lincoln (1809-65) racing to cross the river;); 穢 Courtesy, American Antiquarian Society ; American, out of copyright.