An account of some of the bloody deeds of General Jackson

GLC08974

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GLC#
GLC08974
Type
Broadsides, posters & signs
Date
1828
Title
An account of some of the bloody deeds of General Jackson
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 57 cm, Width: 39 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
The First Age of Reform

One of the "Coffin Broadsides" that attacked General Jackson before the 1828 election. Accuses General Jackson of heartlessly executing six innocent militia men, and depicts their coffins. Also slanders Jackson in various ways and accuses him of other crimes. Frame is 69 x 49 cm.

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