Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: The Jackson-Dickinson Duel. On Bed river in Logan county, Kentucky, on the 30th day of May, 1806, was fought the famous and fatal duel between Major General Andrew Jackson, afterwards President of the United States and Charles Dickinson, attorney- at-law, of Nashville, Tennessee. The trouble which led up to the fatal meeting on " the field of honor " has been " variously " stated. Ill feeling had existed between them for several years. General Jackson was a very high tempered, over-bearing and determined man who had incurred the ill-will and hatred of several prominent people. His friends declared that there was a plot upon the part of his enemies to get Dickinson to kill him or drive him out of that section of the country. It was claimed that Dickinson was the best shot in the United States and the general idea was that a duel between them necessarily meant the death of General Jackson. It was generally understood that the duel was to be fought and many bets were made upon the result, the odds were always against Jackson. Dickinson himself had a bet of five hundred dollars that he would " get him " at his first fire. The ill feeling between the two men, which culminated so fatally, originated from statements made or reported to have been made by Dickinson in reference to General Jackson's wife, a subject upon which he was at all times exceedingly sensitive. About the year 1790 General Jackson was boarding with the widow of John Donelson; her daughter Rachel had married a man by the name of Lewis Roberts who was later known as Lewis Robards. In that year Robards petitioned the Legislature of Virginia to divorce him from his wife, Rachel, and in his petition he filed an affidavit setting out the fact that his wife had deserted him and that she wasliving in adultery with...

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: The Jackson-Dickinson Duel. On Bed river in Logan county, Kentucky, on the 30th day of May, 1806, was fought the famous and fatal duel between Major General Andrew Jackson, afterwards President of the United States and Charles Dickinson, attorney- at-law, of Nashville, Tennessee. The trouble which led up to the fatal meeting on " the field of honor " has been " variously " stated. Ill feeling had existed between them for several years. General Jackson was a very high tempered, over-bearing and determined man who had incurred the ill-will and hatred of several prominent people. His friends declared that there was a plot upon the part of his enemies to get Dickinson to kill him or drive him out of that section of the country. It was claimed that Dickinson was the best shot in the United States and the general idea was that a duel between them necessarily meant the death of General Jackson. It was generally understood that the duel was to be fought and many bets were made upon the result, the odds were always against Jackson. Dickinson himself had a bet of five hundred dollars that he would " get him " at his first fire. The ill feeling between the two men, which culminated so fatally, originated from statements made or reported to have been made by Dickinson in reference to General Jackson's wife, a subject upon which he was at all times exceedingly sensitive. About the year 1790 General Jackson was boarding with the widow of John Donelson; her daughter Rachel had married a man by the name of Lewis Roberts who was later known as Lewis Robards. In that year Robards petitioned the Legislature of Virginia to divorce him from his wife, Rachel, and in his petition he filed an affidavit setting out the fact that his wife had deserted him and that she wasliving in adultery with...