Object Details
- associated person
- Jackson, Andrew
- Description
- 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.
- 1828
- ID Number
- PL.227739.1828.F4
- catalog number
- 227739.1828.F4
- accession number
- 227739
- Object Name
- handbil
- handbill
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- white, black (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 8 1/2 in x 5 1/4 in; 21.59 cm x 13.335 cm
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, Presidential History Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
- Exhibition
- American Democracy
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- used
- Death
- Record ID
- nmah_1199210
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-72cc-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
