[Broadside] Life, Battles & Death of General Zachary Taylor, Twelfth President of the United States
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- Boston: Printed and Published by William Elder, at his General Printing Rooms, 1850
Boston: Printed and Published by William Elder, at his General Printing Rooms, 1850. Very Good. Boston: Printed and Published by William Elder, at his General Printing Rooms, 1850. Pictorial broadside (38x25cm) adorned with engraved portrait and printed within decorative border. Light wear, a few creases, old horizontal fold; Very Good.
Unrecorded broadside commemorating President Zachary Taylor, who died in office in 1850 after consuming cherries and iced milk at a fundraiser at the Washington Monument, at the time still under construction. The text includes a brief biography, records of his victories in the Mexican War, and an unflattering description of his death, mentioning "bilious diarrhea" [sic indeed]. Also of particular note is the quote from Hamlet above the funeral services: "He was a Man, take him for all in all, We shall not look upon his like again."
Not in OCLC as of June, 2025.
Unrecorded broadside commemorating President Zachary Taylor, who died in office in 1850 after consuming cherries and iced milk at a fundraiser at the Washington Monument, at the time still under construction. The text includes a brief biography, records of his victories in the Mexican War, and an unflattering description of his death, mentioning "bilious diarrhea" [sic indeed]. Also of particular note is the quote from Hamlet above the funeral services: "He was a Man, take him for all in all, We shall not look upon his like again."
Not in OCLC as of June, 2025.