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
Adjoining the dining room is the pantry and farther to the rear the
storeroom. A passageway leads directly from the dining room to the porch
connecting with the kitchen.
All articles in the dining room are originals unless otherwise
specified.
1. The “Old Hickory” or January 8 mantel, made of bits of hickory
bark worked on only on the 8th of January of successive years,
by one of Jackson’s soldiers in the Battle of New Orleans.
Presented to General Jackson January 8, 1839 and placed in the
dining room by General Jackson, January 8, 1840.
2. Pair of French vases, on the mantel.
3. The original dining table, at which several Presidents have
dined: James Monroe, Martin Van Buren, James K. Polk, Theodore
Roosevelt, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Presidents Millard
Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Rutherford B.
Hayes, and William H. Taft, General Sam Houston, and the
Marquis de Lafayette were also among the distinguished guests
who have been entertained at the Hermitage.
4. Silver tray given to Jackson by Sam Houston. Presented to the
Association by Mrs. Alice Watkins Shields. The large coffee
pot with the initials A. J., once owned by Jackson, was
returned by its recent owner, Mrs. John MacVeagh, Santa
Barbara, Calif.; the three other pieces are Hermitage
originals.
5. Candelabra with “wind glasses.”
6. Epergne.
7. Silver wine cart. Mate in Museum.
8. Two of the Decatur silver vegetable dishes.
9. Silver egg and toast rack. Presented by Mr. and Mrs. T. Graham
Hall in memory of his mother, Mrs. Jennie McIver Hall, to
whose family these were given by the Jacksons.
10. Cruet set.
11. Silver covered dishes, part of the silver pieces purchased by
Jackson from the widow of Commodore Decatur. The silver
originally included sixteen round and oval dishes, which were
used constantly for years at the Hermitage.
12. Silver candelabrum, one of a pair used at the White House, given
by Miss Mary R. Wilcox.
13. Additional pieces of the Decatur silver.
14. Bohemian wine decanters and silver holders.
15. Silver wine cooler.
16. Portrait of John Donelson, one of the Tennessee pioneers,
brother of Rachel Jackson.
17. Portrait of the adopted son, Andrew Jackson, Jr. by Earl.
18. Portrait of Sarah York Jackson (wife of Andrew Jackson, Jr.).
The dress in which she is pictured is in the Museum.
19. Portrait of Mrs. John Donelson (Mary Purnell).
20. Portrait of Rachel Jackson, wife of Andrew Jackson.
21. Portrait of Andrew Jackson, about 1820.
22. Oil painting of Christopher Columbus (over the mantel).
Presented to Jackson by S. D. Bradford of West Roxbury, Mass
23. Portrait of General Coffee.
24.
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