. Reminiscences and memorials of men of the revolution and their families . ith a purpose, a plain hand, yetsaying in action as well as plan, I will do mybest. John Stark signs his name as if he held aniron sceptre, — his deed as sure as his word. And so of men whose qualities we dislike or ques-tion. Edmund Andros writes his name as if sayinginwardly, I fear nothing that comes in my penmarks show impatience, imperiousness,one equal to whatever injustice may tempt his ac-tion. Benjamin Church, Jr., has a signature vary-ing with the times, smooth and plausible to-day,bending to treaso
. Reminiscences and memorials of men of the revolution and their families . ith a purpose, a plain hand, yetsaying in action as well as plan, I will do mybest. John Stark signs his name as if he held aniron sceptre, — his deed as sure as his word. And so of men whose qualities we dislike or ques-tion. Edmund Andros writes his name as if sayinginwardly, I fear nothing that comes in my penmarks show impatience, imperiousness,one equal to whatever injustice may tempt his ac-tion. Benjamin Church, Jr., has a signature vary-ing with the times, smooth and plausible to-day,bending to treason to-morrow. I might fill pages with these tokens of charac-ter. The growing custom is good, to present inbooks, not only the picture of the face, but alsothe signature of the hand. In a volume of his-tory or biography, as the printed page and illus-tration should show us the fully illuminated faceof the man, so his method of writing his own nameis needed to supplement our knowledge of hischaracter, by the lights and shades it will oftenfurnish to help our NIXS MATE. CHAPTER XVI. ANDREW JACKSON. Andrew Jackson deserves notice in this con-nection. He was the last president of the UnitedStates whose birthday preceded the opening ofthe Revokitionary War. He was born at Wex-ham Settlement, South Carolina, March 15, 1767,and died June 8, 1845, aged seventy-eight ancestors were Irish, and removed to emigrated to this country in 1765, and werea patriotic and disinterested family. The military spirit of Jackson displayed itself inhis early boyhood. At less than fourteen yearsof age he joined a military corps to defend hisnative State; and August 6, 1780, he was in thebattle of Hanging Rock, South Carolina. In 1781he was taken prisoner by the British; and whenan officer ordered him to clean his boots he re-fused, for which offence he received from the offi-cer a deep wound, that remained on him throughlife. At various periods he took part in our w
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