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Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 to John C. Calhoun

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05589 Author/Creator: Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 Place Written: Nashville, Tennessee Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 30 November 1818 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 24.6 cm, Width: 20.2 cm Order a Copy

Acknowledges the appointment of an agent to the Choctaw Indian Nation. Expresses gratitude that the treaty he and Isaac Shelby brokered with the Chickasaws met with then Secretary of War Calhoun's approval. In the treaty, the Chickasaw relinquished their claims to land east of the Mississippi River and north of the Mississippi state line and were given a $20,000, fifteen-year annuity. After Secretary of War Calhoun's approval, President Monroe made the agreement official on January 7, 1819. As a result, both Kentucky and Tennessee expanded far beyond their former border, the Tennessee River. The Kentucky portion was nicknamed the Jackson Purchase.

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Calhoun, John Caldwell, 1782-1850

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