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Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 to E. S. Johnson

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00084 Author/Creator: Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 Place Written: Hermitage, Tennessee Type: Autograph letter signed Date: December 14, 1842 Pagination: 1 p. : address : envelope : free frank Height: 24 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Andrew Jackson replies to Johnson's letter, which informed him of the Democrat's victories in Massachusetts. He congratulates Johnson, and praises Massachusetts. Referring to Federalism and Whiggism in that state he writes, "We can now truly say that the old coon is really dead, & all humbugery with it."

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Johnson, E.S., fl. 1842

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