Andrew Jackson and William B. Lewis correspondence

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id: 10707
origination: Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
date statement: 1806-1864 [bulk 1814-1845]
key date: 1806
identifier (local_mss): 23877
org unit: Manuscripts and Archives Division
call number: MssCol 23877
b-number: b211251975
total components: 238
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max depth: 1
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component layout: Default Layout
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created: 2016-11-29 21:04:21 UTC
updated: 2026-06-26 18:07:49 UTC
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unitdate: {"value"=>"1806-1864", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1806/1864"}

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unittitle: {"value"=>"Andrew Jackson and William B. Lewis correspondence"}

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repository: {"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\"> The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</span> <span class=\"addressline\"> Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</span></div>"}
abstract: {"value"=>"Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) was a soldier, politician, and seventh President of the United States. William Berkeley Lewis (1784-1866) of Tennessee was Andrew Jackson's friend and political advisor. The Andrew Jackson and William B. Lewis correspondence, 1806-1864, is an artificial collection consisting of their letters, 1814-1845; correspondence of the two men with other prominent individuals; and a few miscellaneous documents, chiefly military returns signed by or relating to Jackson, 1813-1814. The bulk of the Jackson-Lewis letters are written by Jackson to Lewis, spanning Jackson's military and political careers and retirement at The Hermitage. Lewis's letters to Jackson are Lewis's own copies."}
prefercite: {"value"=>"<p> Andrew Jackson and William B. Lewis correspondence, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
origination: {"value"=>"Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}
bioghist: {"value"=>"<p> Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) was a soldier, politician, and seventh President of the United States. He gained national fame during the War of 1812 as a major general in the Tennessee militia and later in the U.S. Army. Jackson was a U.S. representative and senator from Tennessee, military governor of Florida in 1821, and U. S. president from 1829 to 1837. He married Rachel Donelson in 1794, and resided at The Hermitage, a plantation near Nashville, Tennessee.</p> <p> William Berkeley Lewis (1784-1866) of Tennessee was Andrew Jackson's friend and political advisor. He served as quartermaster under Jackson during the Creek War and War of 1812, and was a member of the \"Kitchen Cabinet” in the Jackson administration, holding considerable influence until Jackson's second term. In 1830 Jackson appointed Lewis as Second Auditor of the Treasury, a position he lost in the Polk administration.</p>"}
scopecontent: {"value"=>"<p> The Andrew Jackson and William B. Lewis correspondence, 1806-1864, is an artificial collection consisting of their letters, 1814-1845; correspondence of the two men with other prominent individuals; and a few miscellaneous documents, chiefly military returns signed by or relating to Jackson, 1813-1814. The bulk of the Jackson-Lewis letters are written by Jackson to Lewis, spanning Jackson's military and political careers and retirement at The Hermitage. Lewis's letters to Jackson are Lewis's own copies.</p> <p> The letters of both men concern American politics and government, with occasional sharing of personal and family news. Lewis's later correspondence pertains to the loss of his Treasury Department job, and historical details concerning Jackson’s life and career.</p>"}
arrangement: {"value"=>"<p>Items are in chronological order.</p>"}
acqinfo: {"value"=>"<p> Donated by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1899 as part of the Ford collection, and purchase, 1946</p>"}
processinfo: {"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p> Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Archives Unit</span>, <span class=\"date\">2016</span></p>"}

{"value"=>"<p>Compiled by Archives Unit, 2016.</p>"}
altformavail: {"value"=>"<p> A calendar of the Jackson-Lewis letters is published in the Bulletin of The New York Public Library, Volume IV, No. 9 (September 1900), pp. 292-320. Some letters are fully transcribed in the same volume, No. 5 (May 1900), pp. 154-162, and No. 6 (June 1900), pp. 188-198, as identified in the calendar.</p>"}
relatedmaterial: {"type"=>"formspartof", "value"=>"<p> Forms part of <span class=\"unittitle\">Ford collection</span></p>"}
sponsor: {"value"=>"Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation."}
dsc_type: combined
date_start: 1806
keydate: 1806
date_end: 1864
date_inclusive_start: 1806
date_inclusive_end: 1864
date_bulk_start: 1814
date_bulk_end: 1845
extent_statement: .76 linear feet (4 volumes)

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