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Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 to Amos Kendall

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01025 Author/Creator: Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 Place Written: Nashville, Tennessee Type: Autograph letter signed Date: April 26, 1844 Pagination: 3 p. : address : free frank Height: 26 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

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 refers to their plan as, "... their wicked plan, to destroy the Union." Prophecies his own death: "My health is very bad, my affliction & debility increasing, & unless a change soon for the better, I cannot hope to live long." Also predicts that Henry Clay will lose the presidential election over the issue of the annexation of Texas, "The people of the west feel great solicitude for the annexation of Texas -- This will destroy Clay even in Ky." Letter written from Jackson's home, Hermitage, near Nashville, Tennessee.

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Kendall, Amos, 1789-1869
Calhoun, John Caldwell, 1782-1850
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852

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