The Hermitage, Home of General Andrew Jackson

Name: The Hermitage, Home of General Andrew Jackson
Author: Dorris, Mary C. (Mary C. Currey)

Dorris, Mary C. (Mary C. Currey)

Hermitage (Hermitage, Tenn.); Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 -- Homes and haunts -- Tennessee -- Hermitage

Shelf No. 2:
    9. Leather shot pouch belonging to Andrew Jackson, Jr.
    10. Sword said to have been used by Jackson at the Battle of New
          Orleans. Presented by Mrs. W. M. Calhoun.
    11. Sword used by General Coffee at the Battle of New Orleans.
    12. Piece of dining room floor laid in 1835 and removed in 1894.
    13. Piece of the old bridge built by General Jackson’s troops to
          cross a swamp at the head of the Bayou Grand near Fort
          Barrancas, Fla.
    14. Gold sword presented to General Jackson July 4, 1822, by the
          State of Tennessee for his services at the Battle of New
          Orleans. It was bequeathed to Andrew J. Donelson, his former
          secretary. Purchased by the Ladies’ Hermitage Association in
          1940.


  Shelf No. 3:
    15. Wax candle found in Cornwallis’ tent in Yorktown the night of
          his surrender to Washington. Presented to General Jackson who
          highly prized it and lighted it on each anniversary of the
          Battle of New Orleans.
    16. Foresight of one of the cannons used at the Battle of New
          Orleans. Presented by Capt. E. W. Averell to Mrs. Bettie M.
          Donelson for the Hermitage Association.
    18. Old door knob, removed from one of the doors.
    19. Pieces of marble from the tomb of Mary Washington, mother of
          General George Washington; the cornerstone was laid by Jackson
          in 1833. Presented by Walter B. Parmer.
    20. Military Regalia of General Jackson, presented by Joseph Horton
          Fall and John Hill Eakin.
    21. United States cutlass used on the American Brig Carolina in a
          fight against the British in 1814-15, under General Jackson.
    22. Silver mounted cane of General Jackson.
    23. Italian carved cane, presented to General Jackson.
    24. Gold-headed cane presented to General Jackson by Lt. Col.
          William L. Harneys, 2nd U. S. Dragoons, Sept. 30, 1838.
    25. Walking cane of hickory.
    26. Gun cane.
    27. Cane made from wood that grew at the tomb of General Washington
          at Mt. Vernon. Presented by John Bigelow to General Jackson.
    28. Folding bamboo camp chair.
    29. Walking stick, presented to President Jackson by Thomas Hart
          Benton and John C. Calhoun and presented to the Hermitage
          Association by Mrs. J. A. Mitchell, Macon, Ga.

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The Hermitage, Home of General Andrew Jackson

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