The Hermitage, Home of General Andrew JacksonDorris, Mary C. (Mary C. Currey)
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The Hermitage, Home of General Andrew Jackson
Dorris, Mary C. (Mary C. Currey)
Hermitage (Hermitage, Tenn.); Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 -- Homes and haunts -- Tennessee -- Hermitage
Pearls which were given to Mrs. Sarah York Jackson, wife of
Andrew Jackson, Jr., by President Jackson, when she went to
the White House as a bride in 1831. She wore them to
receptions given in her honor as a bride and also later as
lady of the White House. The pearls have adorned seven brides
in the immediate Jackson family. Purchased from the family by
the Hermitage Association.
17. Small knife and fork set; were given by General Jackson to his
grandson, Andrew Jackson, III.
18. Invitation to General Jackson’s funeral. Presented by Mrs. M. G.
Buckner.
19. Presidential ticket (printed on satin) announcing Andrew
Jackson’s candidacy for the Presidency. Presented by N. B.
Patterson, of Chicago. Printed by his grandfather, Col. J. B.
Patterson, who was subsequently editor of the _Jacksonian_.
20. Bank book of General Jackson, dated 1810.
21. Physician’s statement, 1826. Presented by Mrs. Leonard K.
Whitworth.
22. Knife of General Jackson. Presented by J. H. Baker.
23. Engraving of Judge John Overton, Jackson’s law partner and
life-long friend. Presented by his great-grandson, J. McGavock
Dickinson, Jr.
24. Letter from Andrew Jackson to the Hon. John Overton, August 21,
1831. Presented by Judge John H. DeWitt.
25. General Jackson’s ruler, with outstanding dates of his life
engraved thereon.
26. Pair of scales for weighing gold coin.
27. General Jackson’s lancet, used by Dr. Esselman when he bled his
patient. Presented by Mrs. Rachel Jackson Lawrence.
28. Original photograph of Dr. Benjamin Rohrer, physician to
President Jackson during the entire time he was in the White
House. Presented by Cordelia Jackson, 1922.
29. Latin Bible belonging to General Jackson, printed in Anno
MDXCIII.
30. Prayer book of General Jackson.
31. Bible of Rachel Jackson.
32. Brass compass of General Jackson which was like one used by
George Washington at Valley Forge.
33. Hair of General Jackson in two frames, and lock of his hair
presented by Mrs. Jack M. Bass.
34. Jackson’s peace medal.
35. Jackson’s temperance medal.
36. Billfold purchased by General Jackson in Tuscumbia, Ala., May 3,
1828.
37. Pocket comb belonging to General Jackson.
38. Miniature gloves made by an admirer and presented to Andrew
Jackson.
39. Congressional medal, presented to Major-General Andrew Jackson
after the Battle of New Orleans.
40. Picture of General Jackson and lock of his hair.
41. Porcelain French pipe.
42. Real amber pipe.
43. Pipe from the Alamo, San Antonio, Texas, where Davy Crockett
died.
44. Turkish wooden pipe.
45. Two snuff boxes.
46. Sunglass used to light his pipe. Presented by Roy Roe of Mobile,
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