Talk:Coffin Handbills

Misleading and erroneous information
The Coffin Handbills were not written by Charles Hammond nor were they intended to cast aspersions on Jackson's sexual behavior. The handbills were written by John Binns, editor and publisher of the Democratic Press in Philadelphia. Twenty-seven of them have been located to date. All of them were intended to highlight Jackson's violence and included numerous incidents of violence from Jackson's career, such as the caning of Samuel Jackson, the fight with the Benton brothers, the massacre of various Native Americans, and the execution of various deserters.

Charles Hammond was a Cincinnati newspaper editor who was, in fact, behind many of the sexual smears against Jackson, most notably in his pamphlet, "View of General Jackson’s domestic relations, in reference to his fitness for the presidency." I have found no evidence that he was a colonel but, even if he was, that fact is about as relevant as noting that he was a left-handed Presbyterian with two sons. Hammond had nothing to do with the coffin handbills.

This article will need radical revision before it can be brought up to the standards of Wikipedia.Tomjeffrey1947 (talk) 02:05, 19 December 2013 (UTC)