BIB_ID
358755
Accession number
MA 811.20
Creator
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845.
Display Date
1827 Sept. 1.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1912.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 31.8 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Major Wm. B. Lewis / Nashville / Tennessee."
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 an additional autograph note on the address panel.
With trace of a seal.
The letter refers to the fatal stabbing of an enslaved man known as Gilbert by Jackson's overseer, Ira Walton, in August of 1827. See The Papers of Andrew Jackson, volume VI, page 384-387.
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 an additional autograph note on the address panel.
With trace of a seal.
The letter refers to the fatal stabbing of an enslaved man known as Gilbert by Jackson's overseer, Ira Walton, in August of 1827. See The Papers of Andrew Jackson, volume VI, page 384-387.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan with the Ford collection before 1912.
Summary
Explaining that he fired his overseer because he killed an enslaved man owned by Jackson; asking if Lewis can repay money he owes Jackson so Jackson can meet an obligation of $500 to the overseer; hoping Lewis can ask Judge Overton to send him "Judge Isaack's statement."
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