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
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13. Copy Book of Maine Student containing interesting references to
the Presidential election of 1825, given by Mrs. Henry W.
Dearborn, Cape Elizabeth, Maine.
13A. Messages by President Andrew Jackson to U. S. Congress. Leather
bound volume, printed on silk.
13B. Commemorative and regular issue Jackson and Hermitage stamps,
1863-1963. Given by Dr. Pembroke J. Hart.
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14. Flag from the grave of Lafayette, procured for the Association
by Miss M. E. Ford through General Horace Porter, Ambassador
to France.
15. Letter written by President Jackson, 1828, to Lafayette.
Presented by Reed Schermerhorn.
16. Appointment of Samuel B. Marshall as Marshal of Western District
of Tennessee, April, 1831. Presented by Mrs. Joseph A. Gray.
17. Coin token with head of Jackson. Presented by Mrs. Wm. H. Dow,
Portland, Maine.
18. Cane. Charles Sayers, personal friend of Jackson, cut the cane
while walking on the Hermitage grounds with Jackson. Presented
by Mrs. Wm. P. Delafield, Dallas, Texas.
19. Cane. Presented by H. V. S. Negus of Bound Brook, N. J. It was a
present from General Jackson to Mr. Negus’ grandfather, James
Engle Negus, a native of Philadelphia who had visited General
Jackson at the Hermitage frequently as they were close
friends.
20. A Cane hand made by Major McCalla, who served with General
Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans. Presented by Dr. C. A.
Miller.
21. Silhouette of Andrew Jackson. Presented by Mrs. Whitefoord Cole.
23. Pictures of:
(A) Mrs. Emily Donelson, first hostess at the White House.
(B) Sarah York Jackson, wife of adopted son.
(C) Mrs. Rachel Jackson Lawrence, in childhood.
25. Picture of costume worn by Mrs. Andrew Jackson, Jr., at her
wedding reception in the White House, and now in the National
Historical Museum in Washington, D. C., with costumes of other
mistresses of the White House.
26. Centennial medal, Jackson, Michigan, designed and presented by
James B. Field of Jackson, Michigan, in honor of General
Jackson.
27. Octagon House, Washington, D. C., where General Jackson was
entertained. In a perfect state of preservation. Headquarters
of the American Institute of Architects. Presented by Mrs.
Cordelia Jackson, September 20, 1922.
28. Letter to Andrew Jackson written by Robert C. Foster, and
presented to Mrs. Harry W. Evans, Regent, by Robert Coleman
Foster, VII, great-grandson of the writer.
29. Watch given by Andrew Jackson to his ward, General Daniel Smith
Donelson, upon his entry to West Point. Presented by Samuel
Donelson, grandson of the original owner.
30. Home of Christopher Taylor, near Jonesboro where Andrew Jackson
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