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Andrew Jackson was killed? Napoleon was hanged?
Andrew Jackson was killed? Napoleon was hanged?
Item # 700679
August 18, 1815
THE WEEKLY MESSENGER, Boston, Aug. 18, 1815
* Death of General Andrew Jackson (false)
The most interesting report is on page 2: "DEATH OF GEN. JACKSON" which includes a report: "...that the hero of N. Orleans is no more--he was challenged by Col. Benton but refused to fight him, and Benton afterward met him and shot him in the street..." but then they leave some room that it is a false report, noting: "Several letters were received in this city yesterday from New Orleans of the same date...which are totally silent on the subject of this horrid catastrophe. We therefore cherish a hope that it is without foundation."
There was a fight between Thomas Benton & Andrew Jackson, both being wounded, but neither died.
Curious that we've sold another issue of this paper without the Jackson report, which we believe was a late addition to the issues that had yet to be printed.
Also within: "On the Second Fall of Bonaparte" "'Bonaparte's Defender" as well as: "Bonaparte's Abdication" with his letter to the people of France in the French language.
And there is a curious second rumor--also false--headed: "Bonaparte Hanged".
Four pages, never bound nor tried, foxing near the center is more with pages 3 & 4 than pages 1 & 2, nice condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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