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
Case A:
Jackson’s appointment as Judge of Superior Court, signed by John
Sevier, December 22, 1798.
Jackson’s receipt from post office, June 2, 1826, for payments on
his 17 newspaper subscriptions.
Invitation to Military Ball given at Huntsville Inn, 1825, in
commemoration of the Battle of New Orleans. Presented by Mrs.
George Dury, to whose grandmother the invitation was issued.
Photostatic copy of statement by Dr. Catlet regarding Dickinson
duel.
Letter from Jackson to Col. John Overton, regarding the former’s
“conduct in Florida” and Eaton’s appeal. September 16, 1831.
Case B:
Letter describing White House reception for Andrew Jackson, Jr., and
his bride, from Emily Donelson, Washington, 1831.
Note from Jackson to his wife, February 6, 1804.
Letter from Mrs. Stephen Decatur regarding sale of silver and china
and Jackson’s signed receipt of his purchases.
General Jackson’s orders for medicine and hospital stores, Nov. 4,
1813.
Case C:
Photostatic copy of letter regarding birthplace of Jackson and
burial place of his mother and father, from James H.
Witherspoon, Lancaster, S. C., April 16, 1825.
Land grant, signed by Jackson, presented by Mrs. J. C. Cartwright.
Letter from Dr. Beaumont to Jackson, expressing solicitude for
latter’s health and presenting his book on medicine.
Photostat of Major General Jackson’s orders to his troops, Nov. 24,
1812.
Election returns from Globe Extra, November 15, 1832. Presented by
Judge John H. DeWitt.
Case D:
Letter from Jackson to Maj. A. J. Donelson, 1837, relating the
ovations he received en route from Washington to Nashville.
Letter from Jackson to Maj. A. J. Donelson, July 25, 1833, giving
instructions for Hermitage farming operations and requesting
him to check and report on them.
Official nomination of John H. Baker as Secretary of French Treaty
Commission notation by Jackson.
Letter to Jackson from Roger B. Taney, Attorney General, regarding
New Orleans banks.
Case E:
Letter in French regarding Louisiana colonies.
Ship passport, signed by Jackson, June 4, 1835.
Letter accompanying original Treasury Draft, remitting the famous
Judge Hall fine.
Case F:
Photostatic copies of bills and letters from Philadelphia dealers
regarding Hermitage furnishings purchased in 1837 and of bills
for remodeling mansion after the fire in 1834.
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