George Yost Coffin (30 March 1850Lyle Slovick, Washington History, Fall/Winter 2006–2007
George Y. Coffin — A Schoolboy’s Life in 19th-Century Washington
Retrieved 7 March 2016. – 28 November 1896) was a 19th-century political cartoonist noted for his characters and his work in Washington, D.C., particularly during the

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. Coffin's political cartoons appeared in ''

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''. Born 30 March 1850 in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, his parents were Sarah A. Harrington and George M. Coffin. Coffin began his studies in the Preparatory Department at

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in 1862. In 1904, the college changed its name to the George Washington University. His papers are held by

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1850 births 1896 deaths People from Pottstown, Pennsylvania American editorial cartoonists 19th-century American artists {{US-cartoonist-stub