(PRESIDENTS 1828 CAMPAIGN) A Brief Account of the Execution

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COFFIN HANDBILL ISSUED TO OPPOSE ANDREW JACKSON (PRESIDENTS--1828 CAMPAIGN.) A Brief Account of the Execution of the Six Militia Men!! Letterpress broadside, 18 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches, illustrated with 6 coffins, with text in 3 columns; minor dampstaining and foxing, 3 small holes slightly affecting text, small tape repairs on verso; uncut. [Philadelphia: Democratic Press, 1828]

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One of a series of broadsides attacking candidate Andrew Jackson for an incident from late in the War of 1812. Jackson had ordered the execution of 6 soldiers who tried to leave the service at the conclusion of their three-month term of enlistment. Jackson was running mainly on the strength of his war-hero resume, so these handbills were intended to undermine his main selling point. The strategy failed, as Jackson defeated John Quincy Adams. Shaw & Shoemaker 32473 is a later issue of this broadside, with the same title but the text expanded to four columns with the addition of text dated 20 January 1828.