July, 1836 — Destruction of Mr. Pugh’s Abolitionist press, is followed by a flier, warning abolitionists of what is to come:
THE DOG DAYS ARE COMING! ABOLITIONISTS BEWARE!
“The citizens of Cincinnati,embracing every class, interested in the prosperity of the city, satisfied that the business of the place is receiving a vital stab from the wicked and misguided operations of the abolitionist, are resolved to arrest their course. The destruction of the press may be taken as a warning..”
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