Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Nasby” in chapter 1.8 of Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2:

...Confedrit X Roads, Kentucky, where he drank whiskey, and preached to negro-hating Democrats of the type of Deekin Pogram. After the war he received a commission as postmaster from Andrew Johnson. Nasby is a type of the backwoods preacher, reformer, workingman, postmaster, and chronic office-seeker, remarkable for his unswerving fidelity to the simple principles of personal and political selfishnes...
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Petroleum V. Nasby 36 14 0 0 0 user votes
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