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To the people of the United States.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.178 Author/Creator: Place Written: Bremen, Maine Type: Pamphlet Date: 1832 Pagination: 1 v. : 8 p. : Height: 24.8 cm, Width: 15.2 cm Order a Copy

An attack on Andrew Jackson during the 1832 Presidential election. For the first four pages ("To the people of the United States), no author is cited. Pages 5 and 6 contain an address by Samuel Tucker "To the surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," in which Tucker accuses Jackson of violating the Constitution. Pages 6, 7, and 8 contain an extract from a letter by John Andrew Schulze, former Governor of Pennsylvania, dated 16 October 1832, in which Schulze attests that Jackson is unfit and unqualified for reelection. Bound with string.

Tucker, Samuel, 1747-1833
Shulze, John Andrew, 1775-1852

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