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Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 to Edward G. W. Butler

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04675.11 Author/Creator: Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Letter signed Date: 1829/02/12 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 25 cm, Width: 20.2 cm Order a Copy

Written before his inauguration, Jackson declines an invitation which his "public duties will not now allow me to indulge." Instead he must find his relief in the "activity and importance of the situation to which the country has called me." Recipient's docket on the address leaf notes "His duties will not allow him to visit Woodlawn."

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Butler, Edward George Washington, 1800-1888

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