The prairie dog sickened at the sting of the hornet or a diplomatic puppet exhibiting his deceptions. James Akin's earliest-known signed cartoon, “The Prairie Dog” is an anti-Jefferson satire, relating to Jefferson's covert negotiations for the purchase of West Florida from Spain in 1804.
In May, 55 delegates came to Philadelphia, and the Constitutional Convention began. Debates erupted over representation in Congress, over slavery, and over the new executive branch.
