BIB_ID
358730
Accession number
MA 811.11
Creator
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845.
Display Date
[18--?].
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1912.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 19.7 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Major Wm. B. Lewis / near Nashville."
Docketed.
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.
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
Explaining that he cannot come to Nashville because his doctor has confined him to his house; reporting that he is in a lot of pain, and his doctor has instructed him to take extra care of his health or "a lingering complaint may terminate [his] life."
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