Printed Circular Advertising Reproductions of the Famous "Coffin Handbills" for Sale by Curiosity Shop to Victorian Collectors

Cincinnati, Ohio: Mercer's Curiosity Store, 1880. Very good. Letter folds, nick to top edge.. A printed circular distributed by a curiosity shop, promoting the sale of Victorian reproductions of the famous "Coffin Handbills" for Victorian collectors. The Handbills were a part of a smear campaign that aimed to vilify Andrew Jackson during his 1828 campaign, and accused him of adultery and of ordering the execution of six militiamen during the Creek War in 1813 and 1814. Also accused Jackson of cannibalism-- specifically, of eating Native Americans for breakfast (it goes without saying that there is no actual evidence for this occurring). The name "Coffin Handbills" comes from the black coffin symbols printed on the handbills, which made them famous. Measures approx. 8.5" by 5.5", verso advertising the shop's sales of Confederate bank notes and books. Mercer's Curiosity Store was run by Robert Wood Mercer (1840-1894), a Victorian collector and numismatist who sold Native American artifacts, coins, and "curiosities