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
The bed, the chest, the mirror, the chair of Venetian ironwork, used as
a barber’s chair, all belonged to the original furnishings. The
wallpaper is also the original. The carpet which is of the same period
was presented by Mrs. Horatio Berry. A quilt of the period is the gift
of Mrs. Louise Blackwell, of Warrenton, Va.
1. Portrait of Col. Jeremiah George Harris. Purser of the Navy,
Editor of National Union and close friend of Jackson.
Presented by his daughter, Mrs. Van S. Lindsley.
2. Portrait of Jackson by Earl.
3. Pair of shell letter racks presented to Mrs. Jackson in 1827
(letter of presentation in the Museum.)
4. Profile portrait of Jackson by Earl. Presented by Miss Mary
McLemore, Donelson descendant, whose brother, John C.
McLemore, III, had bequeathed it to the Hermitage.
5. Banjo owned by President Jackson, loaned by Miss Emma
Hoffstetter.
_Little Rachel’s Room_
First child of the adopted son, Andrew Jackson, Jr., and Sarah York
Jackson, “Little Rachel” was born at the Hermitage. She was always the
special pet of Jackson and was one of those who stood by his bedside
when he died. This room was refurnished for her with these rosewood
pieces when she married Dr. J. M. Lawrence in 1852. The table belonged
to Jackson. The wall paper is original, but the carpet is one of the
period. The quilt was made by “Little Rachel” and was presented by Mrs.
R. H. Oliphant, of San Mateo, Calif., in memory of her mother. The
portrait over the mantel of Rachel Jackson Lawrence in her latter years
was presented by her family. She is pictured wearing the miniature of
her grandmother Jackson, for whom she was named, and which was given to
her by President Jackson with the injunction never to go without it. A
portrait of Andrew Jackson by the artist Wood, acquired by the
Association in 1910. Washstand set of the period, given by Mrs. David P.
Adams.
The bronze lamp on mantle was among the original Hermitage furnishings.
_The Upper Hall_
1. Jackson’s old cedar chest.
2. Steel engraving “Sortie on Gibraltar.”
3. Steel engraving, “Siege of Gibraltar.”
4. Steel engraving of Jackson on Sam Patch, willed to the
Association by Miss Elizabeth Archer.
5. Oration on General Jackson, delivered by George Bancroft, U. S.
Secretary of the Navy, in Washington, June 27, 1845 (one of 24
public eulogies delivered by various national leaders
following Jackson’s death).
_Guest Room_
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