Flyer, Andrew Jackson, 1828
date: label: date made
content: 1828
name: label: associated person
content: Jackson, Andrew
notes: label: Description
content: During the election of 1828, the second contest between fellow Democratic-Republicans John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson, anti-Jacksonian groups published broadsides attacking Jackson’s moral character. The handbills, which came to be known as “coffin handbills” for their macabre imagery. They called into question the execution of militiaman David Morrow for mutiny in 1815 while he was under Jackson’s command, a death Jackson’s detractors saw as unjust. Despite the charge, Jackson won the presidency.
topic: label: used
content: Death
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, Presidential History Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
label: Exhibition
content: American Democracy
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.227739.1828.F4
label: catalog number
content: 227739.1828.F4
label: accession number
content: 227739
objectType: label: Object Name
content: handbil
label: Object Name
content: handbill
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white, black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 5 1/4 in; 21.59 cm x 13.335 cm