[Andrew Jackson] Broadside: Farewell Address, "To the People of the United States". One page, 22" x 25.5", published...

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President Jackson, the seventh president, gave the text of this broadside as a speech at the very end of his presidency. The final paragraph reads, "My own race is nearly run; advanced age and failing health warn me that before long I must pass beyond the reach of human events and cease to feel the vicissitudes of human affairs. I thank God that my life has been spent in a land of liberty, and that he has given me a heart to love my country with the affection of a son. And filled with gratitude for your constant and unwavering kindness, I bid you a last and affectionate farewell."