The character of William M. Weed is obviously based upon the real-life Boss Tweed. Senator Dilworthy attempts to get an appropriation bill passed in Congress that will turn a farm into a freedmen's university. The adopted daughter of Squire "Si" Hawkins, goes to Washington to try to get the bill passed, but is forced to kill a would-be suitor, Colonel Shelby. In the end, Laura is acquitted of all crimes. A sequel to it was written with William Dean Howells as a play and 
The character of William M. Weed is obviously based upon the real-life Boss Tweed. Senator Dilworthy attempts to get an appropriation bill passed in Congress that will turn a farm into a freedmen's university. The adopted daughter of Squire "Si" Hawkins, goes to Washington to try to get the bill passed, but is forced to kill a would-be suitor, Colonel Shelby. In the end, Laura is acquitted of all crimes. A sequel to it was written with William Dean Howells as a play and later a novel, titled The American Claimant. For 10 points, name this novel in which Charles Warner and Mark Twain created the character of Colonel Beriah Sellers.
The character of William M. Weed is obviously based upon the real-life Boss Tweed.
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