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
1. Three cherry bookcases.
2. Chair, made from wood of the frigate Constitution, presented to
Levi Woodbury, Secretary of the Navy, 1837; Secretary of the
Treasury, 1834, to March, 1837; during the administration of
President Jackson. Presented to the Hermitage by Miss Ellen C.
Woodbury, daughter of Levi Woodbury, in 1900.
3. Mahogany bookcase and desk.
4. Bust of General Jackson by Hiram Powers. This Powers bust of
Jackson, by the sculptor before he went to Italy for study, is
one of the best examples of pure American art.
5. Old map of New Hampshire.
6. and 7. Pair of paintings of DeSoto and his wife, Isabella.
Presented by Louis Philippe to President Jackson.
8. Jackson’s bound copies of the _Globe Democrat_, Published at
Washington, D. C., while he was President of the United
States. Presented by Mrs. Bettie M. Donelson.
9. Old Newspapers of Jackson’s time (Bound). Presented by Mrs.
Rachel Jackson Lawrence. Atlas with Andrew Jackson’s signature
Sept. 12, 1835.
10. Bust of Levi Woodbury, of General Jackson’s cabinet.
11. Case, made of historic wood taken from the old building first
used as a statehouse in Nashville, 1812-1815. The case was
made to protect the bound volumes of newspapers of Jackson’s
day. Wood given by Mrs. Jennie C. Buntin.
12. Invalid chair, presented to General Jackson by the mechanics of
Nashville. Invented by Dr. Holmes of South Carolina, who
presented duplicates to Queen Victoria and John C. Calhoun.
13. Mahogany candlestand, upon which General Jackson always opened
his mail, and candlestick on beaded mat; his Bible and
spectacles.
14. Marble-topped table at which General Jackson issued directives
at the Battle of New Orleans. Presented by Judge John Minnick
Williams of Altus, Okla., formerly of Nashville.
15. Chair, presented to Jackson by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney.
16. Pair of bronze and crystal oil candelabra on mantel.
17. Portrait by Earl of General Jackson on Sam Patch, white horse
presented him in 1833 by the citizens of Pennsylvania. General
Jackson rode this horse in a civic and military parade given
in his honor in Philadelphia, after which it was sent to
Nashville. Federal soldiers whom General Geo. H. Thomas had
placed as guard at the Hermitage fired a military salute over
the grave of the horse.
18. The walnut office desk with a number of secret drawers; used
constantly when Jackson was practicing attorney.
19. Steel engraving of George Washington.
20. Bust of Lewis Cass, Secretary of War and Minister
Plenipotentiary to France under General Jackson.
21. Liquor Chest of General Jackson. Presented by Mrs. Michael
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