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.

This collection houses correspondence, notes, official papers, and other materials documenting John Jones' work as a quartermaster stationed at Fort Donelson, Tennessee during the Civil War. Of particular interest are the items showing the Court of Inquiry that investigated and later acquitted Jones of horse theft.