The Life of Martin Van Buren, Heir Apparent to the "Government," and Appointed Successor of General Andrew Jackson
Containing Every Authentic Particular by Which His Extraordinary Character Has Been Formed. With A Concise History of the Events that Have Occasioned His Unparalleled Elevation; Together with a Review of His Policy as a Statesman Philadelphia: Robert Wright, 1835.
First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. [1], 209 pages, [1], [24] pages of advertisements from publisher Carey and Hart, [1]. Brown cloth hardcover. No title label on the spine. Cloth is lightly shelf and edge worn. Light to moderate scattered foxing to the text. This is a critical biography of Van Buren. About a year after this publication David Crockett met his fate at the Alamo in 1836.
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From wikipedia:
By December 1834, Crockett was writing to friends about moving to Texas if Jackson's chosen successor Martin Van Buren was elected president. The next year, he discussed with his friend Benjamin McCulloch raising a company of volunteers to take to Texas in the expectation that a revolution was imminent.[125] His departure to Texas was delayed by a court appearance in the last week of October as co-executor of his deceased father-in-law's estate; he finally left his home near Rutherford in West Tennessee with three other men on November 1, 1835 to explore Texas.
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