Best of luck on having your item found to be genuine.
If it is genuine, questions remain as to the subjects mentioned in the ad.
If it is not genuine, questions remain whether it is a reproduction or fantasy piece. Seems to me there is evidence that an original exists or did at one time.
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If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason and Dixon's but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition and ignorance on the other. - Ulysses S. Grant, military commander, 18th US President.
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