- GLC#
- GLC00496.041-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- February 7, 1820
- Author/Creator
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
- Title
- to James Ronaldson
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket : free frank Height: 25 cm, Width: 21 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- The First Age of Reform
Mentions his failing health. The plaster bust of Jackson, by William Rush, was ordered by Ronaldson for a number of important Americans. The only surviving terra-cotta is at the Art Institute of Chicago; the only surviving plaster is at the collection of Montgomery Place, the estate of Edward Livingston (J.G. Barber, Andrew Jackson: A Portrait Study, 1991).
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