October 25, 1842

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alice Egerton

Andrew Jackson responds to Alice Egerton's request for a lock of hair, and praises her piety. Accompanied by an engraved portrait of Jackson with a lock of his white hair.

GLC00548.01

May - August 1818

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Header Record

Title: [The Massacre of Chehaw indians by Georgia militia] [Decimalized .01- .06]

GLC00782.11

February 3, 1831

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Henry Eaton

Andrew Jackson writes to Secretary of War Eaton about arranging the removal of the Brothertown Indians of New York to a reservation in Wisconsin. He comments on a recent meeting he had with the New York Indians. Informs him that the Menominee of the Green Bay, Wisconsin area object to Indians from New York being settled on their land and dispute the validity of "any contract made" because it "was without the consent of their council & by men unauthorized by their nation." He asks Eaton to arrange a treaty with the Menominee to facilitate the move. Discusses the land and rights to be given…

GLC00791

May 7, 1818

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Letter signed

Title: to William Rabun

Andrew Jackson asks that Rabun, governor of Georgia, arrest Captain Obediah Wright for murder. Wright had destroyed a Chehaw village and murdered several of its inhabitants, while many of its members were aiding him in his expedition against the Seminole Indians during the first Seminole War. Seal remnant in upper and lower left corners.

GLC00782.11.01

May 7, 1818

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Letter

Title: to John M. Davis

A clerical copy of Jackson's letter to Davis in which he deals with the aftermath of the Chehaw Affair. He orders Davis to send a "talk to Kinnard with instructions to explain the substance to the Chehaw Warriors." Also orders him to arrest Obediah Wright for murdering several female and elderly Chehaw Indians. If Davis is unable to locate Wright, he is instructed to obtain assistance from the governor of Georgia. A note written on the interior leaf by James Gadsden, then serving under Jackson, indicates that this copy was for the Secretary of War John C. Calhoun and that it should be sent…

GLC00782.11.05

June 24, 1831

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Susan Decatur

Andrew Jackson rejects Susan Decatur's request and dismisses her complaints firmly but politely. Decatur had asked the President to install an acquaintance of hers in a governmental position. He refuses to do so, saying he needs the best man to do the job.

GLC00762

December 13, 1823

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John C. Calhoun

Andrew Jackson requests to the Secretary of War that he make sure that Rufus Bowyer be allowed to enter the military academy as a cadet. He recommends him based on his own merits, and those of his father, Colonel Bowyer. Docket labeled "Va. [77]."

GLC00655.04

April 26, 1844

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Amos Kendall

Jackson writes to the former Postmaster General, also Jackson's close friend and biographer. Jackson relates how he learned that nullifiers secretly sent an agent to Great Britain for aid during the Nullification Crisis of 1832. "... the nullifiers of the south having sent a secrite agent to Great Britain to obtain aid in carrying into effect their designs against the Union." He details the source of his information so that it might be enclosed with his papers by Kendall. Without naming his former vice president, John C. Calhoun, Jackson accuses him and other nullifiers of being traitors and…

GLC01025

January 2, 1806

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Letter signed

Title: to John Sevier

Jackson explains that he will soon send a letter concerning the strength of his brigades. He has been delayed in doing so because one of his commanders has been late in filling his returns. He assures Sevier that if he does not receive a response soon, he will arrest the officer responsible, General Isaac Roberts. Also mentions Thomas Johnson and James Winchester, brigade commanders in the Second Division, West Tennessee Militia. The militia was being mobilized to deal with the threat of the Burr conspiracy, but the matter was resolved before military action was necessary. Letter signed by…

GLC01060

03 May 1834

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Document signed

Title: [Presidential appointment of James Dunlop, William O'Neale, and Thomas Carbery as inspectors of the District of Columbia penitentiary]

Countersigned by Secretary of State Louis McLane. With two engraved portraits of Andrew Jackson. One bust engraving of Jackson included as collateral.

GLC00937

June 23, 1828

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Levi Woodbury

The letter is introducing Henry Lee to the recipient, and requesting that Woodbury offer any possible assistance on his research of a recent war.

GLC00801

March 11, 1823

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Abner Lawson Duncan

Jackson asks Duncan to introduce Glossel to "the citizens of New Orleans, and particularly those who shared with me the dangers of the defense of New Orleans," and specifically Major Grimes. Major Glossel, Jackson's aide-de-camp, is passing through New Orleans, on his way to meet General Gaines.

GLC01108

September 17, 1814

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Andrew Hynes

Battle at Fort Bowyer, Mobile Point [Ala.]: " A combined British and Spanish force, with 500 or 600 Indians made an attack by land and water on Fort Bowyer in Mobile Point, the battle was tremendous, and continued until about 12 OClock at night when a ... vast explosion took place [destruction of British warship Hermes]". Colonel Hynes was a Nashville merchant. Jackson spells his name Haynes on the envelope.

GLC07983.01

22 December 1833

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: To Andrew Jackson, Jr.

Sending doctors prognosis and treatment of Dicks daughter, Hanna, suffering from a hip-joint disease to his son [Andrew Jr.] in the hopes that her recovery can be speeded up by receiving the same successful treatment given by Doctors' Phesie & Harris to another family aquaintance.

GLC08028

1831

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Pamphlet

Title: Correspondence Beween Gen. Andrew Jackson and John C Calhoun President and Vice-President of the U.States

a pamphlet printing correspondence between Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun during the Seminole Indian War.

GLC03776.01

1830

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph document signed

Title: [Unused bill of sale]

Unused bill of sale for parcel of land in Memphis.

GLC06997.074

4 April 1832

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Typed document

Title: Treaty Between the United States of America and the Creek Tribe of Indians

GLC04099.01

1 July 1834

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Typed document

Title: Treaty Between the United States of America and the Chickasaw Indians

GLC04099.02

8 April 1834

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Typed document

Title: Treaty Between the United States of America and the Quapaw Indians

GLC04099.03

February 2, 1836

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Typed document

Title: Treaty Between the United States of America and the Caddo Nation of Indians

GLC04099.04

20 May 1836

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Typed document

Title: Treaty Between the United States of America and the Pottawatamie Indians

GLC04099.05

12 April 1834

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Typed document

Title: Treaty Between the United States of America and the Appalachicola Band of Indians

GLC04099.11

25 March 1832

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to L. Jones

Cancelling a purchase of four young slaves on behalf of his adopted son, Andrew (Donelson) Jackson, Jr.: "If the negroes have not been bought and sent on…give yourself no further trouble on the subject.… I wish him now to attend to & manage his own business."

GLC09288

4 October 1829

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Coffee

To John Coffee, General in the Tennessee state militia. During first year of his administration, Jackson forecasts his support for removal of the southeastern Indians, which would be made public in his message to Congress in 1830 and would result in the Indian Removal Act of 1830. "It has become necessary for the government of the United States, from the urgent complaints of the Cherokee Indians on the one hand, & the Executive of Georgia on the other, that we should cause to be ascertained the true and ancient line between the Cherokee and Creek Indians … and by a commissioner whose…

GLC09361

25 October 1842

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Object

Title: to Alice Egerton

An engraved portrait of Jackson with lock of his white hair.

GLC00548.02