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Executions and executioners.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Broadside Regarding the Execution of Militia Men

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3418
Abstract

This broadside, entitled A Brief Account of the Execution of the Six Militia Men recounts the story, as told by an eye-witness, of the six who were executed in February of 1815 under the orders of General Andrew Jackson. The document states that the House Committee on Military Affairs in Washington have decided to publish the documents regarding the militia men’s cases and goes on to describe the case of Sergeant Morrow, one of the militia men involved.

Dates: 1828