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{"value"=>"MssCol 1537", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1805-1837", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1805/1837"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Andrew Jackson letters and documents"}
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- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Manuscripts and Archives</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) was a soldier, politician, and seventh President of the United States. The Andrew Jackson papers consist of his correspondence and related material, 1805-1836; a letter from Rachel Jackson and Harriet C. Berryhill to Mrs. L.A. Douglas, 1828; and a manuscript extract of a newspaper article \"On the French Indemnity,\" with an 1837 endorsement. Letters written to and from Jackson concern personal, political and military matters."}
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{"value"=>"English"}
- bioghist
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{"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>"}
- custodhist
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{"value"=>"<p>Some material in this collection was originally received as part of the Ford and Sabin collections.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Andrew Jackson papers consist of his correspondence and related material, 1805-1836; a letter from Rachel Jackson and Harriet C. Berryhill to Mrs. L.A. Douglas, 1828; and a manuscript extract of a newspaper article \"On the French Indemnity,\" with an 1837 endorsement. Letters written to and from Jackson concern personal, political and military matters.</p> <p> Notable recipients of letters written by Jackson include Robert Y. Hayne, 1830, Mississippi governor George Poindexter, 1821, and Kentucky governor Isaac Shelby, 1815. Also present is a letter to Jackson's friend and Tennessee militia quartermaster William B. Lewis, 1813 March 4. A letter from John H. Eaton to Jackson, 1835, touches on personal and political topics, and there are three letters from men seeking U.S. Navy or government appointments, 1831-1832. Related material includes documents signed by Jackson, such as provision returns for the 1st and 2nd Tennessee Volunteers, 1813, and a public land grant certificate, 1834; clipped signatures and fragments of his handwriting; a manuscript poem \"On Jackson's Victory,\" and a copy of Jackson's 1832 letter to Edward Livingston, providing text for the conclusion of the Nullification Proclamation.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Donated by J. Pierpont Morgan as part of the Ford collection, 1899; additional gifts and purchases.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Archives Unit.</p>"}
- date_start
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1805
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1805
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1837
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1805
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1837
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1 box
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{"value"=>"Andrew Jackson letters and documents, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}