Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Scope and Contents Ten of these items are letters, two of them addressed to his wife, Rachel. Other letters are mostly concerned with military matters, one addressed to James Calhoun who was at the time Secretary of War. Jackson writes to Gov. William Schley of Georgia informing him that "Jessup has not delivered the Creek prisoners to the State of Georgia." Also included are a number of badly faded photostats.Interesting item: In a letter written to Governor Lumpkin, May 28, 1835, Jackson...

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Painter, of Philadelphia. Personal correspondence relating in part to portraits of famous men and to Andrew Jackson. Most of the papers are letters relating to the painting 'Andrew Jackson before Judge Hall." C. J. Hedenberg is the correspondent who gathered the information that enabled Schussele to recreate the scen over forty years after the event.