Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama

Here is Washington and his wife “Carol” meeting an extremely youthful Benjamin Franklin, who has an impressive squat.
The Japanese book Osanaetoki Bankokubanashi (童絵解万国噺) was published in 1861. It’s a children’s book of American history. The author and illustrator used secondary sources, as neither had been to America.
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