BIB_ID
358705
Accession number
MA 811.9
Creator
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845.
Display Date
1824 Dec. 27.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1912.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 32 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Major Wm. B. Lewis / Nashville / Tennessee."
Docketed.
Marked "Private" at the top of the page.
Part of a collection of 58 letters from Andrew Jackson to Major William B. Lewis. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 811 for more details.
With trace of a seal.
Docketed.
Marked "Private" at the top of the page.
Part of a collection of 58 letters from Andrew Jackson to Major William B. Lewis. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 811 for more details.
With trace of a seal.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan with the Ford collection before 1912.
Summary
Asking him to write with news from Nashville; discussing the 1824 presidential election and noting that "rumors say that deep intrigue is on foot"; saying that he is "content" -- "Mrs. J. & myself at home chatting & smoking our pipe & thinking of our Tennessee friends."
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