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[JACKSON, ANDREW, 1767-1837, President]. Printed broadside attacking Jackson during his Presidential bid, titled at head: An Account of Some of the Bloody Deeds of General Jackson...[etc.], n.p., n.d. [1828]. 1 page, large folio, 618 x 472mm. (24 3/8 x 18 5/8 in.), edges and old folds worn, several small holes or separations at fold intersections with minor losses to text. RARE.
A VICIOUS ATTACK ON THE CHARACTER OF THE DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL CANDIDATE
A broadside produced during the heated political contest of 1828 in which Jackson was subjected to relentless mudslinging attacks by the supporters of his opponent John Quincy Adams. Jackson was accused of murder for ordering the execution of seven militiamen for minor offenses during the War of 1812 and condemned for his famous duel of 1806 in which Charles Dickinson received a fatal wound. The broadside's text is printed within a bold black woodcut border; woodcut borders outline some portions of the text and separate the columns; two large woodcuts and one small in the text. Two show Jackson, sword in hand, ordering a firing squad to shoot six militiamen and John Woods, near Nashville, in 1814, for various offenses. Another features small "dialogue balloons," in which Woods, blindfolded and kneeling over a coffin, laments "O God!! My poor mother," while Jackson orders "Blow ten balls through the rascal." The small woodcut depicts the fatal duel between Jackson and Dickinson, with Jackson vowing "I'll have your heart's blood!"
A VICIOUS ATTACK ON THE CHARACTER OF THE DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL CANDIDATE
A broadside produced during the heated political contest of 1828 in which Jackson was subjected to relentless mudslinging attacks by the supporters of his opponent John Quincy Adams. Jackson was accused of murder for ordering the execution of seven militiamen for minor offenses during the War of 1812 and condemned for his famous duel of 1806 in which Charles Dickinson received a fatal wound. The broadside's text is printed within a bold black woodcut border; woodcut borders outline some portions of the text and separate the columns; two large woodcuts and one small in the text. Two show Jackson, sword in hand, ordering a firing squad to shoot six militiamen and John Woods, near Nashville, in 1814, for various offenses. Another features small "dialogue balloons," in which Woods, blindfolded and kneeling over a coffin, laments "O God!! My poor mother," while Jackson orders "Blow ten balls through the rascal." The small woodcut depicts the fatal duel between Jackson and Dickinson, with Jackson vowing "I'll have your heart's blood!"