The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-07-14
life of General Jackson.

4 MOS KENDALL. proposes to publish, in if-
"A teen or more numbers, life of General An
nREw JACKSON, embracing the substance of all
that has heretofore appeared IN print in connec-
ton with the services of this distinguished man,
together with many interesting incidents not no.
ticed by his former biographers, and complete
history of his administration, concluding with an
account of the manner in which, retired from the
hustle of the world, he is quietly preparing to bid
adieu 10 the scene Of his glory.
This task has been undertaken with the appTo-
baton Of General JACKSON himself, who has
kindly put into the Authors hands his books and
papers, public and private, and On obscure points
f,vorcd lin with his own recollectlons. With
these mi ,cTials, Al the works already publish
cd, and with the contribution of facts and papers
hy many of the Gcaerai's associates in civil and
military life, aided hy his own knowledge Of
events occurring within the last twenty years,
the Author hopes 10 produce Work worthy Of
the confidence and patronage Of the American
people.
The Numbers will be printed in large type on
excellent paper, averaging 40 pages each, with
neat covers, the first issued in May next, and the
others monthly thereafter, unless delayed by sick
ness or unavoidable causes. The work vii! be il
Illustrated with engrayings or prints averaging two
to a number embracing Iikenesses OF the Gancral
and some OF his most distinguished co-actors,
drawings of - is battle-ground in the Creek nation
and at NeyiSreaus, and some of the most strlk-
ing sccncr~seT"s eventful life. It will be 50 az
ranged and PACED, that when completed the COW
ers may be taken oil and the whole bound up into
a neat book.
Price, hUeHty tire cents a Number; or ONE
DOLLAR for five Numbers, or THREE DOL
LARS for the whole work, however much it may
exceed fifteen Numbers, always pad IN adrGnce
and free Of postage 10 The AuihOr.
Distant Bank Notes will be received for what
they are worth here or in New York.
To persons voluntarily acting US Agents libe-
raj commission will he allowed; but the Author
will not be responsible for any Agents not PeciaE
II authorized.
The first Number will embrace the General :
early life and a variety of revolutionary adven-
lures and incidents not heretofore Published. 4
will be illustrated by fist rate likeness of the
General engraved on steel, and print exhibiting
him when u STRIPPING, saving from massacre a
small party of men and boys, himself included,
by attacking a band of about one hundred tories
who where rushing upon them IN the night
Those who intend to patronize the Work, are
requested to forward their names and such ad-
vance as they may think proper by the first Of
May next.
Washington, Feb, Goth, 1913.
0~TThcrc being about 1900 Newspapers in the
United States, the Author could not, under exis-
ting circumstances, venture to promise each a
Copy of his Work for inserting these Proposals
but, to all Editors who will give them few in
sertions and send him one good subscriber on the
terms Of the Proposals, he will send Copy
without charge,