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Lot 214

[JACKSON, Andrew]. EATON, John Henry. Some Account of General Jackson, Drawn up from the Hon. Mr. Eaton’s very circumstantial Narrative, and other well-established information respecting him. Baltimore: Henry Vicary, 1828.
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[JACKSON, Andrew]. EATON, John Henry. Some Account of General Jackson, Drawn up from the Hon. Mr. Eaton’s very circumstantial Narrative, and other well-established information respecting him. By a Gentleman of the Baltimore Bar. Baltimore: Henry Vicary, 1828.

8vo (175 x 105 mm). 2pp. publisher's advertisements at end. (Some minor browning or spotting.) Contemporary sheep (rebacked preserving old lettering-piece, some light wear). 

FIRST EDITION, printed in February of Jackson's 1828 presidential campaign. "I have honestly endeavoured to set forth a just and fair account of the transactions which I relate...The Honourable Mr. Eaton...has enjoyed, a familiar intercourse with General Jackson for many years, and has long been commissioned to exert a senatorial voice in the councils of the nation. He must, herefore, be deemed a voucher that scorns to deceive and cannot be himself misled" (Prolegomena, p.vii). Sabin 21732.

Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant Mittler
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