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
boarded. Presented by L. M. McCowan.
Shelf No. 4:
31. Photostat copies of bill from doctor attending Rachel Jackson in
her final illness and bill for her coffin, 1828. Presented by
C. Norton Owen of Chicago.
32. Photostat copy of Deed of Trust for family graveyard, in
Hermitage garden, to John H. Eaton, John Coffee, and Andrew
Jackson, Jr. Presented by West Morton, 1926.
33. Bill of conveyance of slaves. Presented in memory of Jonas
Redelsheimer.
34. Andrew Jackson (by Earl) in the capitol of Montgomery, Alabama.
Presented to the Ladies’ Hermitage Association by Sarah E.
Cowan, great-niece of Rachel Jackson.
35. Itemized statement of Dr. McCorkle’s bill to Andrew Jackson,
October, 1825. Presented by Mrs. E. A. Lindsey. Of special
interest in reference to Jackson’s solicitude for the health
and welfare of his slaves.
36. President Jackson’s Contract with his cook, Prevaux. Presented
by Mrs. Bettie M. Donelson.
37. Currier & Ives Print; Death bed scene of General Jackson.
Case No. 5
Clothing and personal possessions of the Jacksons:
The red velvet dress, worn by Sarah York Jackson at the White House
(which is the same as in the Earl portrait of her in the Hermitage
dining room) was given by her great-granddaughter, Sue Rhea Symmes
McCutcheon, in memory of her grandmother, Rachel Jackson Lawrence.
Velvet sample shows original color. The shawl, which was presented by
Mrs. W. H. Wemyss, belonged to Miss Jennie Treanor, who lived at Tulip
Grove and was a friend of the Jacksons. The letter was written by Andrew
Jackson from the White House, 1832, to his daughter-in-law, Sarah York
Jackson. The leather hat box has the following name plate: “General
Andrew Jackson, President of the United States” and the hat with the
ten-inch mourning band is the one he wore in Washington following the
death of his wife. The rosewood cane was his favorite walking stick.
Displayed with one of his suits is a linen shirt made by seamstress
Gracey who lived at the Hermitage. The lavender moire dress, which was
Rachel Jackson’s, was presented by her great-granddaughter, Marion
Lawrence Symmes, and the white shawl, said to have been hers, was given
by Mrs. Bertha Pierce, of Daytona, Fla. The lace cap belonged to Rachel
Jackson, and also the aquamarine necklace (the case for this is in the
south room of the museum).
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