An account of the bloody deeds of General Jackson

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GLC#
GLC05566
Type
Broadsides, posters & signs
Date
1828
Title
An account of the bloody deeds of General Jackson
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 61.8 cm, Width: 47.2 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
The First Age of Reform

Broadside with four woodcuts. The first shows an officer, likely Jackson, ordering an execution squad to "Fire!!" on six militiamen. In the second two Jacksonian officers, one ordering "F-F-Fire!" against a kneeling man in front of his coffin, saying "O God!! My poor mother," while another, probably Jackson, exclaims "Blow ten balls thro' the d-d rascal." The third depicts Jackson dueling with Charles Dickinson, saying as he shoots, "I'll have your heart's blood." The fourth is a simple coffin illustrating "The Case of Neil Cameron." The text summarizes the events depicted, and a number of other bloody deeds done by the General. Among the most graphic of the famous "Coffin Handbills," used by Adams' supporters before the 1828 election. See an ironic pro-Jackson response, GLC 6797.

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