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Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 to unknown

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03317 Author/Creator: Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 Place Written: Hermitage, Tennessee Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 25, 1838 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 24.7 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Encloses a letter (not included) from "an old woman, who with the rest of his negroes, was liberated by Mr. Alexander Donelson." Notes that the entire family, with the exception of the woman and her husband, left for Liberia. Her son and daughter, John and Celia, have lost their children since their arrival at Liberia, and the woman has not heard from any of her other relatives. Requests the recipient to give the enclosed letter to the Secretary of the Colonization Society in Washington, D.C. for delivery to the old woman's family.

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Lewis, William Berkeley, 1784-1866
Donelson, Alexander, fl. 1838

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